Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package texlive-base  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-TEXLIVEBASE-628241
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed6 Oct 2017

Introduced: 6 Oct 2017

CVE-2015-0296  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.04.

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 Ubuntu.

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.