Out-of-Bounds Affecting texlive-bin package, versions <2009-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.38% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-TEXLIVEBIN-526155
  • published 9 Apr 2009
  • disclosed 9 Apr 2009

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 texlive-bin to version 2009-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-bin package and not the texlive-bin package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low