National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0650
Original release date:02/01/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (02/13/2007)
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Red Hat does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability. The user would have to voluntarily interact with the attack mechanism to exploit the flaw, and the result would be the ability to run code as themselves.
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1036
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225491
External Source: XF
Name: tetex-makeindex-opensty-bo(32284)
External Source: BID
Name: 23872
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-1706
Type: Advisory
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:109
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-13
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-34
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200709-17
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30168
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26982