CVE-2009-1383 Information

Description

The getdirective function in mathtex.cgi in mathTeX when downloaded before 20090713 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dpi tag.

Reference

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578 http://secunia.com/advisories/35816 http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795