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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5936

Original release date:11/13/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:3.6 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/06/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5936 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-3390
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368611
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368611
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-554-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-554-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019058
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
External Source: BID
Name: 26469
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080212 FLEA-2008-0006-1 tetex tetex-dvips tetex-fonts
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:230
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3896
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3896
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-13
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-34
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-26
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30168
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28412
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28107
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28107
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27967
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27967
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27743
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27743
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27718
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27718
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27686
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27686
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27672
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27672
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:011
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:001
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423

Vulnerable software and versions

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* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5936