CVE-2002-0836
Published · Updated
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 8.0%
exploitation probability
8.0%top 5% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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 products
n/a · n/aReferences
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000537http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103497852330838&w=2http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104005975415582&w=2http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-207http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10365.phphttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/169841http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-070.phphttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-194.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-195.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4567http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5978