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diff --git a/glsa-200711-34.xml b/glsa-200711-34.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..016558fa --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200711-34.xml @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200711-34"> + <title>CSTeX: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in CSTeX, possibly allowing to + execute arbitrary code or overwrite arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">cstetex</product> + <announced>November 25, 2007</announced> + <revised>November 25, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>196673</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/cstetex" auto="no" arch="*"> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.2-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + CSTeX is a TeX distribution with Czech and Slovak support. It is used + for creating and manipulating LaTeX documents. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Multiple issues were found in the teTeX 2 codebase that CSTeX builds + upon (GLSA 200709-17, GLSA 200711-26). CSTeX also includes vulnerable + code from the GD library (GLSA 200708-05), from Xpdf (GLSA 200709-12, + GLSA 200711-22) and from T1Lib (GLSA 200710-12). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code and local + attackers could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges + of the user running CSTeX via multiple vectors. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + CSTeX is not maintained upstream, so the package was masked in Portage. + We recommend that users unmerge CSTeX: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --unmerge app-text/cstetex</code> + <p> + As an alternative, users should upgrade their systems to use teTeX or + TeX Live with its Babel packages. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml">GLSA 200708-05</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-12.xml">GLSA 200709-12</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-17.xml">GLSA 200709-17</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-12.xml">GLSA 200710-12</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml">GLSA 200711-22</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml">GLSA 200711-26</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:12:34 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:14:43 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |