OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2002.015
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2002.015
Advisory Published:      2009-01-07 15:38 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20021216.03
Issue First Created:     2002-12-16
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            teTeX
Subject Summary:         The TeX Typesetting System
Subject Home:            http://www.tug.org/teTeX/
Subject Versions:        * <= 1.0.7

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2002-0836
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           arbitrary code execution

Description:
    A vulnerability [1] in the kpathsea(3) library of teTeX was
    discovered. This library is used by xdvi(1) and dvips(1). Both
    programs call the system(3) function insecurely, which allows a remote
    attacker to execute arbitrary commands via cleverly crafted DVI files.
    If dvips(1) is used in a print filter, this allows a local or remote
    attacker with print permission execute arbitrary code as the printing
    system user.
    
    Check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm -q tetex".
    If you have an affected version of the teTeX package (see above),
    please upgrade it according to the solution below.

References:
    [1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0836
    [2] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/
    [3] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/
    [4] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/current/SRC/
    [5] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
    [6] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source


Primary Package Name:    tetex
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/tetex

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.0-SOLID         tetex-1.0.7-1.0.0
OpenPKG Community        1.1-SOLID         tetex-1.0.7-1.1.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           tetex-1.0.7-20021204

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.0-SOLID         tetex-1.0.7-1.0.1
OpenPKG Community        1.1-SOLID         tetex-1.0.7-1.1.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           tetex-1.0.7-20021216