DSA-599-1 tetex-bin -- integer overflows

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2004-0888  

Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, that are also present in tetex-bin, binary files for the teTeX distribution, which can be exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF document and lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20011202-7.3. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.2-23. We recommend that you upgrade your tetex-bin packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-599-1 tetex-bin -- integer overflows

Date Reported:
25 Nov 2004
Affected Packages:
tetex-bin
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 278298.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0888.
More information:

Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, that are also present in tetex-bin, binary files for the teTeX distribution, which can be exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF document and lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20011202-7.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.2-23.

We recommend that you upgrade your tetex-bin packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_1.0.7+20011202-7.3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.