CVE-2010-0739

Publication date 16 April 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Integer overflow in the predospecial function in dospecial.c in dvips in (1) TeX Live and (2) teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
texlive-bin	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2009-5ubuntu0.1
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-7ubuntu1.1
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu2.1
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2007.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
texlive-bin	Vendor: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-stable.git;a=blob;f=source/xapps-extra/tetex/texlive-CVE-2010-0739-int-overflow.patch

CVE-2010-0739

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