Scientific Linux Security Update : tetex on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120823)

teTeX is an implementation of TeX. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input, and creates a typesetter-independent DeVice Independent DVI file as output. teTeX embeds a copy of t1lib to rasterize bitmaps from PostScript Type 1 fonts. The following issues affect t1lib code :...

CUPS / poppler / xpdf / Adobe Reader multipls security vulnerabilities

Integer overflows, race condiotions...

Fedora 8 : tetex-3.0-44.3.fc8 (2007-3308)

fix t1lib flaw CVE-2007-4033 352271 - fix CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392 CVE-2007-5393, various xpdf flaws 345121 - fix dvips -z buffer overflow with long href CVE-2007-5935 368591 - fix insecure usage of temporary file in dviljk CVE-2007-5936 CVE-2007-5937 368611, 368641 Note that Tenable Network...

Fedora 7 : tetex-3.0-40.3.fc7 (2007-3390)

fix t1lib flaw CVE-2007-4033 352271 - fix CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392 CVE-2007-5393, various xpdf flaws 345121 - xdvi won't segfault if DVI file contains character which is not present in font 243630 - fix dvips -z buffer overflow with long href CVE-2007-5935 368591 - fix insecure usage of...

Important: tetex security update

2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.10 - fix t1lib flaw CVE-2007-4033 356691 Resolves: 356691 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.9 - fix CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392 CVE-2007-5393, various xpdf flaws 356691 Resolves: 356691...

security flaw

Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as CUPS, gpdf, and kdegraphics, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified by CVE-2004-0889...