Mageia 6: MGASA-2018-0397 Critical: Texlive Buffer Overflow Issue
mageia
October 14, 2018
Updated texlive packages fix security vulnerability: A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allowed arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of t...
Summary
Updated texlive packages fix security vulnerability:
A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allowed arbitrary code
execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools:
pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex (CVE-2018-17407).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23655
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/3
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17407
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/texlive-20160523-7.1.mga6
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Publication date: 14 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0397.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-17407
Topics Covered
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