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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-TEXLIVEBIN-526155
  • published9 Apr 2009
  • disclosed9 Apr 2009

Introduced: 9 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-1284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

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.

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