CVE-2016-10243 (GCVE-0-2016-10243)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-02 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
cve@mitre.org https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
cve@mitre.org https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605 Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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