Upstream information

CVE-2011-5244 at MITRE

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) token and (2) linetoken functions in backend/dvi/mdvi-lib/afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in teTeX 3.0.x, GNOME evince, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DVI file containing a crafted Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2642 and CVE-2011-0433.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 790421 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 t1lib Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 t1lib Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:24:16 2013
CVE page last modified: Sun Sep 8 11:13:22 2024