A format string vulnerability was found in CmdKeywords function when processing \keywords command in tex file. When the user runs latex2rtf with malicious crafted tex file, an attacker can execute arbitrary code. The variable `keywords' in the function CmdKeywords may hold a malicious input string, which can be used as a format argument of vsnprintf. Vulnerable code: 1789 char *keywords = getBraceParam(); ... 1798 fprintRTF(keywords); ... 858 void fprintRTF(char *format, ...){ ... 873 vsnprintf(buffer, 1024, format, apf); ... Public disclosure (includes reproducer and suggested fix): http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/283
Created latex2rtf tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1282493] Affects: epel-all [bug 1282494]
latex2rtf-2.3.10-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
latex2rtf-2.3.10-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
latex2rtf-2.3.10-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
latex2rtf-2.3.10-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
latex2rtf-2.3.10-1.el6.1 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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