SUSE CVE-2007-0650

Buffer overflow in the opensty 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...

teTeX: Multiple buffer overflows

Background teTeX is a complete TeX distribution for editing documents. Description Mark Richters discovered a buffer overflow in the opensty function in file mkind.c. Other vulnerabilities have also been discovered in the same file but might not be exploitable CVE-2007-0650. Tetex also includes...

Heap overflow

Buffer overflow in the opensty 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...