CVE-2002-0836: HP Secure OS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• HP Secure OS: version 1.0 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 7.2 only; version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only; version 9.0 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 6.2 only; version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.3 only; version 8.0 only

Published 2002-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.