Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13175
Revision Date:2014-06-30Version:20
Title:USN-844-1 -- mimetex vulnerabilities
Description:Chris Evans discovered that mimeTeX incorrectly handled certain long tags. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted mimeTeX expression and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Chris Evans discovered that mimeTeX contained certain directives that may be unsuitable for handling untrusted user input. This update fixed the issue by disabling the \input and \counter tags
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2009-1382
CVE-2009-2459
USN-844-1
USN-844-1
Platform(s):Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04
Product(s):mimetex
Definition Synopsis
  • Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.10 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND mimetex DPKG is earlier than 1.50-1ubuntu0.8.10.1
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 8.04 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND mimetex DPKG is earlier than 1.50-1ubuntu0.8.04.1
  • OR Release section
  • Ubuntu 9.04 is installed
  • AND Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is sparc
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • OR Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is lpia
  • OR Installed architecture is powerpc
  • AND mimetex DPKG is earlier than 1.50-1ubuntu0.9.04.1
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