| Name | CVE-2009-1284 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 520920 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| texlive-bin (PTS) | buster | 2018.20181218.49446-1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2023.20230311.66589-9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - texlive-bin <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136