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title: "CVE-2009-1284\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1284

Publication date 9 April 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1284?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| texlive-bin | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-7ubuntu1.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2007.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1284?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

reproducer in debian bug

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| texlive-bin | * Upstream:   <http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/tex-live/2009-August/021998.html> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1284)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1284)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1284)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1284)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-937-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-937-1)
+ TeX Live vulnerabilities
+ 6 May 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1284>