Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package texlive-base (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed6 Oct 2017
Introduced: 6 Oct 2017
CVE-2015-0296 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texlive-base package and not the texlive-base package as distributed by Debian.
The pre-install script in texlive 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21 as packaged in Fedora 21 and rpm, and texlive 6.20131226_r32488.fc20 and rpm allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted file in the user's home directory.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0296
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72826
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197082
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154198.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154424.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/27/6