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TITLE:
teTeX Multiple Image Decoder Parsing Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14791

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14791/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
teTeX 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4551/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in tetex, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA12818

SOLUTION:
Secunia is currently not aware of an official patch or updated
version addressing these vulnerabilities.

However, updated packages have been issued by some Linux vendors.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-354.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12818:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12818/

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