Insecure Temporary File Affecting texlive-graphics-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-TEXLIVEGRAPHICSDOC-1945468
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Jan 2015

Introduced: 11 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-5700  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 texlive-graphics-doc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-graphics-doc package and not the texlive-graphics-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS Scores

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