CVE-2002-0836
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 8.0%EU EUVD
dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system() function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain print jobs, possibly involving fonts.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 8.0% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2002-0828)
- Published
- October 28, 2002
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-0828 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / secure os
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
13 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0949-2017 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0999-2016 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 OpenSSL Module, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OpenSSL Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2441 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux on 32 bit x86 Architecture, Version 6.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0924-2014 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 dm-crypt Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1933 - historical
See all 13 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000537
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103497852330838&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104005975415582&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-207(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10365.php(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/169841(US Government Resource)
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-070.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-194.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-195.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/4567
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5978(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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