CVE-2009-1284

Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateApr 09, 2009, 16:27

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-119

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

PARTIAL

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-119

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

PARTIAL