usn-3401-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-08-22 13:10
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
texlive-base vulnerability
Details
It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain system commands. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted TeX file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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},
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"binary_version": "2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "texlive-omega",
"binary_version": "2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "texlive-pictures",
"binary_version": "2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "texlive-xetex",
"binary_version": "2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1"
}
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},
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"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-base@2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
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"2015.20151225-1",
"2015.20160117-1",
"2015.20160215-1",
"2015.20160223-1",
"2015.20160320-1"
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}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain\nsystem commands. If a user were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted TeX file, a remote attacker could execute\narbitrary code.\n",
"id": "USN-3401-1",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:11Z",
"published": "2017-08-22T13:10:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3401-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10243"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "texlive-base vulnerability",
"upstream": [
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]
}
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