Vulnerability CVE-2009-1284
Published: 2009-04-09   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Bibtex -> Bibtex 

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