Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting texlive-bin package, versions *
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- published 14 Dec 2017
- disclosed 14 Dec 2017
Introduced: 14 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17513 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:11 texlive-bin.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-bin package and not the texlive-bin package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.