Synopsis: Moderate: tetex security update
Issue Date: 2012-08-23
CVE Numbers: CVE-2010-3702
CVE-2010-3704
CVE-2010-2642
CVE-2011-1552
CVE-2011-1553
CVE-2011-0433
CVE-2011-1554
CVE-2011-0764
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teTeX 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.
teTeX embeds a copy of t1lib 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 teTeX, it could cause teTeX to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running teTeX. (CVE-2010-2642,
CVE-2011-0433)
An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted
font file could, when opened, cause teTeX to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running teTeX.
(CVE-2011-0764)
A use-after-free flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file
could, when opened, cause teTeX to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running teTeX. (CVE-2011-1553)
An off-by-one flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could,
when opened, cause teTeX to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running teTeX. (CVE-2011-1554)
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted
font file could, when opened, cause teTeX to crash. (CVE-2011-1552)
teTeX embeds a copy of Xpdf, an open source Portable Document Format (PDF)
file viewer, to allow adding images in PDF format to the generated PDF
documents. The following issues affect Xpdf code:
An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in Xpdf. If pdflatex was
used to process a TeX document referencing a specially-crafted PDF file, it
could cause pdflatex to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running pdflatex. (CVE-2010-3702)
An array index error was found in the way Xpdf parsed PostScript Type 1
fonts embedded in PDF documents. If pdflatex was used to process a TeX
document referencing a specially-crafted PDF file, it could cause pdflatex
to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running pdflatex. (CVE-2010-3704)
All users of tetex are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
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SL5
x86_64
tetex-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
tetex-afm-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
tetex-doc-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
tetex-dvips-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
tetex-fonts-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
tetex-latex-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
tetex-xdvi-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
i386
tetex-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
tetex-afm-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
tetex-doc-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
tetex-dvips-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
tetex-fonts-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
tetex-latex-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
tetex-xdvi-3.0-33.15.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
