| ID |
CVE-2007-0650
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| Summary |
Buffer overflow in the open_sty 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 check_idx function. |
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| Vulnerable Configurations |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 6.8 (as of 29-07-2017 - 01:30) |
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| CWE |
NVD-CWE-Other |
| CAPEC |
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| Access |
| Vector | Complexity | Authentication |
| NETWORK |
MEDIUM |
NONE |
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| Impact |
| Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
| PARTIAL |
PARTIAL |
PARTIAL |
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| cvss-vector
via4
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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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| refmap
via4
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| bid | 23872 | | confirm | | | gentoo | - GLSA-200709-17
- GLSA-200711-34
- GLSA-200805-13
| | mandriva | MDKSA-2007:109 | | secunia | | | vupen | ADV-2007-1706 | | xf | tetex-makeindex-opensty-bo(32284) |
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| statements
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| contributor | Mark J Cox | | lastmodified | 2007-02-13 | | organization | Red Hat | | statement | Red Hat does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability. The user would have to voluntarily interact with the attack mechanism to exploit the flaw, and the result would be the ability to run code as themselves.
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| Last major update |
29-07-2017 - 01:30 |
| Published |
01-02-2007 - 19:28 |
| Last modified |
29-07-2017 - 01:30 |
