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Pardus: 2010-84: dvipng: Denial of Service
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
Multiple array index errors have been fixed which can allow malicious users to cause denial of service.
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2010-84 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2010-06-24
Severity: 3
Type: Local
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Summary
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Multiple array index errors have been fixed which can allow malicious
users to cause denial of service.
Description
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CVE-2010-0829:
Multiple array index errors in set.c in dvipng 1.11 and 1.12, and teTeX,
allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed DVI file.
Affected packages:
Pardus 2009:
dvipng, all before 1.13-4-3
Resolution
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There are update(s) for dvipng. You can update them via Package Manager
or with a single command from console:
pisi up dvipng
References
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* http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id392
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