<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200603-02"> <title>teTeX, pTeX, CSTeX: Multiple overflows in included XPdf code</title> <synopsis> CSTeTeX, pTeX, and teTeX include vulnerable XPdf code to handle PDF files, making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">tetex</product> <announced>2006-03-04</announced> <revised count="01">2006-03-04</revised> <bug>115775</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-text/tetex" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.2-r8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.2-r8</vulnerable> </package> <package name="app-text/cstetex" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.2-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.2-r2</vulnerable> </package> <package name="app-text/ptex" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.1.5-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.1.5-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> teTex is a complete TeX distribution. It is used for creating and manipulating LaTeX documents. CSTeX is a TeX distribution with Czech and Slovak support. pTeX is and ASCII publishing TeX distribution. </p> </background> <description> <p> CSTeX, teTex, and pTeX include XPdf code to handle PDF files. This XPdf code is vulnerable to several heap overflows (GLSA 200512-08) as well as several buffer and integer overflows discovered by Chris Evans (CESA-2005-003). </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file with teTeX, pTeX or CSTeX, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the affected application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All teTex users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/tetex-2.0.2-r8"</code> <p> All CSTeX users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/cstetex-2.0.2-r2"</code> <p> All pTeX users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/ptex-3.1.5-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-3193">CVE-2005-3193</uri> <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-08.xml">GLSA 200512-08</uri> <uri link="http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-003.txt">CESA-2005-003</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-02-16T20:57:52Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-02-17T12:11:23Z"> dragonheart </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-04T16:30:04Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>