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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA937] DSA-937-1 tetex-bin Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA937] DSA-937-1 tetex-bin |
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DSA-937-1 tetex-bin Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment "infamous41md" and Chris Evans discovered several heap based buffer overflows in xpdf, the Portable Document Format (PDF) suite, which is also present in tetex-bin, the binary files of teTeX, and which can lead to a denial of service by crashing the application or possibly to the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.7+20011202-7.7. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.2-30sarge4. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.4.3-2 of poppler against which tetex-bin links. We recommend that you upgrade your tetex-bin package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-937 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi |
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