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Medium
CVE-2009-1284
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
Affected Vendor
bibtex
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bibtex
Vulnerable Versions:
0.99
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 9th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.