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CVE-2010-1440

Publication date 3 May 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
texlive-bin 10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2009-5ubuntu0.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-7ubuntu1.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu2.1
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2007.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-937-1
    • TeX Live vulnerabilities
    • 6 May 2010

Other references