CVE-2007-5936
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which
02 Description
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-11-13 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fb2216ff5ec84ae4a21521cc3aa11c2037e08fd167bea4612ca92f4ffd9fd58e
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
- secunia.com27672http://secunia.com/advisories/27672
- secunia.com27743http://secunia.com/advisories/27743
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- secunia.com28412http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
- secunia.com27686http://secunia.com/advisories/27686
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-554-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/
- osvdb.org42238http://osvdb.org/42238
- www.securityfocus.com26469http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200805-13http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-26http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- secunia.com30168http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3896http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896
- secunia.com27718http://secunia.com/advisories/27718
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368611
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-34http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- secunia.com27967http://secunia.com/advisories/27967
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-3390https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
- www.securitytracker.com1019058http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
- secunia.com28107http://secunia.com/advisories/28107
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:230http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
- www.securityfocus.com20080212 FLEA-2008-0006-1 tetex tetex-dvips tetex-fontshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2007-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2007-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2007-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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