CVE-2007-5936
Published Nov 13, 2007
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 3.6
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. teTeX is packaged without the dviljk binary in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making it impossible to exploit this flaw. We are however including this fix in RHSA-2010:0399, RHSA-2010:0400, and RHSA-2010:0401 in the event the binary is shipped in the future.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "87CCAA71-B817-48A0-81C0-9E4DC4953C9C"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B01AD712-1D5C-49B6-AF51-4A4A2BA3FD83"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]