[Secure-testing-team] Bug#580669: texlive-bin: Fix arbitrary code execution via memory corruption

[أحمد]

Package: texlive-bin
Version: 2009-5
Severity: grave
Tags: patch security
Justification: user security hole
User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu maverick ubuntu-patch



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In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following:

  * SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code execution via memory corruption
    (LP: #537103)
    - debian/patches/security-CVE-2010-0827.patch: make sure name isn't
      too long in texk/dvipsk/virtualfont.c.
    - CVE-2010-0827

We thought you might be interested in doing the same. 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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