CVE-2002-0836

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2002-10-14
Bugzilla:
1616819: CVE-2002-0836 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain print jobs, possibly involving fonts.

Find out more about CVE-2002-0836 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RHSA-2002:194 2002-10-14
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2002:194 2002-10-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2002:195 2002-10-14
Red Hat Linux 6.2 RHSA-2002:194 2002-10-14
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2002:194 2002-10-14
Red Hat Linux 7.0 RHSA-2002:194 2002-10-14
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2002:194 2002-10-14

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