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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840430
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-937-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'texlive-bin' package(s) announced via the USN-937-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'texlive-bin' package(s) announced via the USN-937-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain long .bib
bibliography files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted bib file, an attacker could cause a denial
of service via application crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS,
9.04 and 9.10. (CVE-2009-1284)

Marc Schoenefeld, Karel Srot and Ludwig Nussel discovered that TeX Live
incorrectly handled certain malformed dvi files. If a user or automated
system were tricked into processing a specially crafted dvi file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2010-0739, CVE-2010-1440)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain
malformed dvi files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted dvi file, an attacker could cause a denial
of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-0827)

Affected Software/OS:
'texlive-bin' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 10.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1284
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0739
39390
http://secunia.com/advisories/39390
39500
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39500
FEDORA-2010-8273
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
GLSA-201206-28
SUSE-SR:2010:012
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
SUSE-SR:2010:013
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
USN-937-1
http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-stable.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=source/xapps-extra/tetex/texlive-CVE-2010-0739-int-overflow.patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572941
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11468
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11468
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0827
BugTraq ID: 39971
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39971
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10052
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:012 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:013 (Google Search)
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1440
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10068
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10068
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