CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-0836

Published: Oct 28, 2002 | Modified: Oct 18, 2016
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain print jobs, possibly involving fonts.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux Redhat 7.2 7.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 7.2 7.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 8.2 8.2
Linux Redhat 7.0 7.0
Linux Redhat 6.2 6.2
Linux Redhat 7.2 7.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 8.1 8.1
Linux Redhat 6.2 6.2
Linux Redhat 8.0 8.0
Linux Redhat 7.1 7.1
Linux Redhat 7.3 7.3
Secure_os Hp 1.0 1.0
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 9.0 9.0
Linux Redhat 7.0 7.0
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 8.1 8.1
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 8.2 8.2
Linux Redhat 6.2 6.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 8.0 8.0
Linux Redhat 7.1 7.1
Linux Redhat 7.1 7.1
Linux Redhat 8.0 8.0
Linux Redhat 7.3 7.3
Linux Redhat 6.2 6.2
Mandrake_linux Mandrakesoft 8.0 8.0
Linux Redhat 7.0 7.0
Linux Redhat 7.2 7.2
Linux Redhat 7.1 7.1

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