teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on…
Priority LOW 29Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00945 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux 5.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2001:102 |
| Red Hat Linux 6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2001:102 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2001:102 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.0j | Fixed | RHSA-2001:102 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2001:102 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0906
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2crw-gg34-7j66
References
Patch 2
Advisory 1
More Tetex vulnerabilities
- TI-2004-00806 Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00807 Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2005-03421 Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2005-00173 The patch for integer overflow vulnerabilities in Xpdf 2.0 and 3.0 (CVE-2004-0888) is… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2011-00360 Heap-based buffer overflow in the linetoken function in afmparse.c in t1lib, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2007-05674 Stack-based buffer overflow in hpc.c in dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2001-0906 · CVE Program
- CVE-2001-0906 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2crw-gg34-7j66 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2001-0906 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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