Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dvipng
announced via advisory DSA 2048-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202048-1
Insight
Dan Rosenberg discovered that in dvipng, a utility that converts DVI files to PNG graphics, several array index errors allow context-dependent attackers, via a specially crafted DVI file, to cause a denial of service (crash of the application), and possibly arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version dvipng_1.11-1+lenny1.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.13-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.13-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your dvipng package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0829 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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