Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting texlive-base package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Apr 2024
- disclosed14 Dec 2017
Introduced: 14 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17513 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:24.04 texlive-base.
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.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 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.