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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66101
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1917-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mimetex' package(s) announced via the DSA-1917-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mimetex' package(s) announced via the DSA-1917-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mimetex, a lightweight alternative to MathML. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2009-1382

Chris Evans and Damien Miller, discovered multiple stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long picture, circle, input tags.

CVE-2009-2459

Chris Evans discovered that mimeTeX contained certain directives that may be unsuitable for handling untrusted user input. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive information.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.50-1+etch1.

Due to a bug in the archive system, the fix for the stable distribution (lenny) will be released as version 1.50-1+lenny1 once it is available.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.50-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mimetex packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'mimetex' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1382
20090713 [oCERT-2009-010] mimeTeX and mathTeX buffer overflows and commandinjection
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
35752
http://secunia.com/advisories/35752
35816
http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
ADV-2009-1875
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
ADV-2010-0877
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0877
FEDORA-2010-6546
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
mimetex-mimetex-bo(51794)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51794
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2459
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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