Out-of-Bounds Affecting texlive-bin package, versions <2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1
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- published23 Sept 2018
- disclosed23 Sept 2018
Introduced: 23 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17407 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 texlive-bin to version 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17407
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17407
- https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/