CVE-2016-10243
CVE-2016-10243
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
CVSS 9.8 · Critical · EPSS 7.1% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
texlive-base Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2016.20161130-1
Update to 2016.20161130-1
texlive-base Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2016.20161130-1
Update to 2016.20161130-1
texlive-base Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2016.20161130-1
Update to 2016.20161130-1
texlive-bin Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2019.20190605.51237-2
Update to 2019.20190605.51237-2
texlive-bin Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2019.20190605.51237-2
Update to 2019.20190605.51237-2
texlive-bin Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2019.20190605.51237-2
Update to 2019.20190605.51237-2
texlive-base Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2013.20130722-1
- 2013.20131010-2
- 2013.20131112-1
- 2013.20131219-1
- 2013.20140123-1
- 2013.20140215-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1
Update to 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1
texlive-base Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2015.20150625-1ubuntu1
- 2015.20151116-1ubuntu1
- 2015.20151225-1
- 2015.20160117-1
- 2015.20160215-1
- 2015.20160223-1
- 2015.20160320-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1
Update to 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1
Original sources
- https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10243