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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2012:0137-01 Moderate: texlive Buffer Overflow Issues

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2012
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Latest texlive updates for Red Hat 6 resolve several security vulnerabilities classified as moderate. Users are advised to upgrade.
Updated texlive packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

TeX Live is an implementation of TeX. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input, and creates a typesetter-independent DeVice Independent (DVI) file as output. The texlive packages provide a number of utilities, including dvips.
TeX Live embeds a copy of t1lib. The t1lib library allows you to rasterize bitmaps from PostScript Type 1 fonts. The following issues affect t1lib code:
Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way t1lib processed Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files. If a specially-crafted font file was opened by a TeX Live utility, it could cause the utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the utility. (CVE-2010-2642, CVE-2011-0433)
An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause a TeX Live utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the utility. (CVE-2011-0764)
A use-after-free flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause a TeX Live utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the utility. (CVE-2011-1553)
An off-by-one flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause a TeX Live utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the utility. (CVE-2011-1554)
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause a TeX Live utility to crash. (CVE-2011-1552)
Red Hat would like to thank the Evince development team for reporting CVE-2010-2642. Upstream acknowledges Jon Larimer of IBM X-Force as the original reporter of CVE-2010-2642.
All users of texlive are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow moderate severity red hat enterprise linux texlive update memory read issue font processing issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2642 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0433 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0764 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1552 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1553 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1554 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: kpathsea-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-debuginfo-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-dvips-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-latex-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-utils-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64: kpathsea-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-debuginfo-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-dvips-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-latex-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-utils-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: kpathsea-devel-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm mendexk-2.6e-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-afm-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-context-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-debuginfo-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-dviutils-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-east-asian-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-xetex-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64: kpathsea-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm kpathsea-devel-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm kpathsea-devel-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm mendexk-2.6e-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-afm-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-context-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-debuginfo-2007-57.el6_2.i686.rpm texlive-debuginfo-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-dviutils-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm texlive-east-asian-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0137-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0137.html
Issue date: 2012-02-15

Topic

Updated texlive packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow moderate severity red hat enterprise linux texlive update memory read issue font processing issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

666318 - CVE-2010-2642 evince, t1lib: Heap based buffer overflow in DVI file AFM font parser

679732 - CVE-2011-0433 evince, t1lib: Heap-based buffer overflow DVI file AFM font parser

692853 - CVE-2011-1552 t1lib: invalid read crash via crafted Type 1 font

692854 - CVE-2011-1553 t1lib: Use-after-free via crafted Type 1 font

692856 - CVE-2011-1554 t1lib: Off-by-one via crafted Type 1 font

692909 - CVE-2011-0764 t1lib: Invalid pointer dereference via crafted Type 1 font

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