Link Following Affecting texlive-bin package, versions <2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-TEXLIVEBIN-337190
  • published25 Aug 2017
  • disclosed25 Aug 2017

Introduced: 25 Aug 2017

CVE-2015-5700  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 texlive-bin to version 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1 or higher.

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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1