CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0836

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-10-28 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-10-28
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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 configurations

• hp secure os 1.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 7.2 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 8.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 8.1 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 8.2 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 9.0 • redhat linux 6.2 • redhat linux 7.0 • redhat linux 7.1 • redhat linux 7.2 • redhat linux 7.3 • redhat linux 8.0

References