Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5936
CVE-2007-5936
Description
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place.
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References
26- secunia.com/advisories/27672nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27686nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27718nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27743nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27967nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28107nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28412nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30168nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cginvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/42238nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xmlnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.htmlnvd
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