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TITLE:
TeX Live bibtex Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34445

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34445/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Tex Live bibtex, which can
potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing
certain BIB files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
overflow by e.g. tricking a user into processing a specially crafted
BIB file using bibtex.

The vulnerability is reported in version 20080816. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not process untrusted files.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Vincent Lefevre

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920

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