latex2rtf: CVE-2015-8106: format string vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-8106  

Debian Bug report logs - #805398
latex2rtf: CVE-2015-8106: format string vulnerability

version graph

Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security, upstream

Found in version latex2rtf/2.3.8-1

Fixed in version latex2rtf/2.3.10-1

Done: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Toggle useless messages

View this report as an mbox folder, status mbox, maintainer mbox


Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org, Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>:
Bug#805398; Package src:latex2rtf. (Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:06:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org, Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>. (Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:06:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: latex2rtf: CVE-2015-8106: format string vulnerability
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:03:20 +0100
Source: latex2rtf
Version: 2.3.8-1
Severity: normal
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for latex2rtf.

CVE-2015-8106[0]:
format string vulnerability

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8106
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282492

For jessie latex2rtf is already compiled with hardening flags,
mitigtating the issue. But could you fixe the issue as well via a
stable proposed-update?

Regards,
Salvatore



Reply sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sat, 09 Apr 2016 18:00:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sat, 09 Apr 2016 18:00:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 805398-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: 805398-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#805398: latex2rtf: CVE-2015-8106: format string vulnerability
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 19:57:08 +0200
Source: latex2rtf
Source-Version: 2.3.10-1

Hi Chris,

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 07:03:20PM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Source: latex2rtf
> Version: 2.3.8-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: security upstream
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the following vulnerability was published for latex2rtf.
> 
> CVE-2015-8106[0]:
> format string vulnerability
> 
> If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
> CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
> 
> For further information see:
> 
> [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8106
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282492
> 
> For jessie latex2rtf is already compiled with hardening flags,
> mitigtating the issue. But could you fixe the issue as well via a
> stable proposed-update?

This has been fixed with version 2.3.10-1. Can you schedule a fix as
well in Jessie via the next point release?

Regards,
Salvatore



Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Sun, 08 May 2016 07:35:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Send a report that this bug log contains spam.


Debian bug tracking system administrator <owner@bugs.debian.org>. Last modified: Wed Jun 19 16:47:21 2019; Machine Name: beach

Debian Bug tracking system

Debbugs is free software and licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License version 2. The current version can be obtained from https://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/.

Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson, 2005-2017 Don Armstrong, and many other contributors.