Secunia Logo
Netsikker nu! 2008
 
Gentoo update for teTeX / pTeX / CSTeX
Secunia Advisory: SA19125
Release Date: 2006-03-06
Popularity: 6,538 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities

CVE reference:CVE-2005-3193


Description:
Gentoo has issued updates for teTeX, pTeX, and CSTeX. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17916

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

teTeX:
Update to "app-text/tetex-2.0.2-r8" or later.

pTeX:
Update to "app-text/ptex-3.1.5-r1" or later.

CSTeX:
Update to "app-text/cstetex-2.0.2-r2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-02.xml

Other References:
SA17916:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17916/


Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. phpBB reveals user IPs // 171 views
2. phpBB "gen_rand_string()" Predictable RNG Weakness // 137 views
3. phpBB "url" bbcode Script Insertion Vulnerability // 50 views
4. phpBB Avatar Functions Information Disclosure and Deletion // 40 views
5. Sun Java System Web Proxy Server FTP Subsystem Buffer Overflow // 38 views
6. phpBB Avatar Script Insertion Vulnerability // 33 views
7. CA ARCserve Backup Multiple Vulnerabilities // 32 views
8. phpBB BBcode "url" Script Insertion Vulnerability // 28 views
9. Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities // 26 views
10. CUPS Multiple Vulnerabilities // 24 views