CVE-2015-5700
CVE-2015-5700
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVSS 6.1 · Medium · EPSS 0.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
texlive-bin Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2014.20140926.35254-5
Update to 2014.20140926.35254-5
texlive-bin Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2014.20140926.35254-5
Update to 2014.20140926.35254-5
texlive-bin Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2014.20140926.35254-5
Update to 2014.20140926.35254-5
texlive-bin Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2013.20130529.30792-1build2
- 2013.20130729.30972-2
- 2013.20130729.30972-2build1
- 2013.20130729.30972-2build2
- 2013.20130729.30972-2build3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1
Update to 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1
Original sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700