TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities

1.  Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Version Information

Related bugreports: #264598, #324019

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in texlive-core, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

2.  Impact Information

Background

TeX Live is a complete TeX distribution.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in texlive-core. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

These vulnerabilities might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially-crafted DVI file, or cause a Denial of Service.

3.  Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All texlive-core users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/texlive-core-2009-r2"

4.  References

• CVE-2009-1284
• CVE-2010-0739
• CVE-2010-0827
• CVE-2010-1440