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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.1440
New mimetex packages fix several vulnerabilities
26 October 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: mimetex
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-2459 CVE-2009-1382
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1917
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running mimetex check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1917-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Giuseppe Iuculano
October 24, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mimetex
Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
Problem type : remote (local)
Debian-specific: no
Debian bug : 537254
CVE Ids : CVE-2009-1382 CVE-2009-2459
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.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Debian (oldstable)
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Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 584 4c4ac225a147438ea1bb7be1b0f65019
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5318 5d3a2a06fecf83d573c8cbb9c778ddf0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 401817 cdda954fc3a436daa8345ecbfdb084c3
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 154406 b525a79c4c6e92ebe5d6853261edb7d9
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 151848 b01a4cf79985dbc98aa468b27355c005
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 150546 8041ce35d9d2457999e217bd9ecff233
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 148156 0f7d099d12f46f9c74a9d4863cacb676
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 143668 55db42c430e79ebd525679d72c8556f8
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 188604 5f4c8c896998e82797bba6a0997d550c
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 155176 c080d72fef8acd63fa27b0a5cf7688bd
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 156068 96a3663cab62464f23ea747f679fbb57
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 145470 84ec68d2dcf0378f634f7cdc48c272d2
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 157512 493034d85d335c5c48358aac4fa5365f
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mimetex/mimetex_1.50-1+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 146950 657d93204c670f44c337d85b5fa9a67b
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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