CVE-2009-1284

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• BibTeX - '.bib' File Handling Memory Corruption2009-11-13 · dos · linux · Verified

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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