Debian DSA-1917-1 : mimetex - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 44782

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mimetex, a lightweight alternative to MathML. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-1382 Chris Evans and Damien Miller, discovered multiple stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long picture, circle, input tags.

- CVE-2009-2459 Chris Evans discovered that mimeTeX contained certain directives that may be unsuitable for handling untrusted user input. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive information.

Solution

Upgrade the mimetex packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.50-1+etch1.

Due to a bug in the archive system, the fix for the stable distribution (lenny) will be released as version 1.50-1+lenny1 once it is available.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 44782

File Name: debian_DSA-1917.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mimetex

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1382, CVE-2009-2459

BID: 36631, 36632

CWE: 119

DSA: 1917

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