ubuntu-cve-2015-5700
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-08-25 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea6",
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libptexenc1",
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "texlive-binaries",
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "texlive-bin",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-bin@2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2013.20130529.30792-1build2",
        "2013.20130729.30972-2",
        "2013.20130729.30972-2build1",
        "2013.20130729.30972-2build2",
        "2013.20130729.30972-2build3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5700",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:49Z",
  "published": "2017-08-25T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5700"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/22"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5700"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3788-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-5700"
  ]
}



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