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title: "CVE-2011-1400\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-1400

Publication date 25 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The default configuration of the shell\_escape\_commands directive in
conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in
Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS, and possibly other
operating systems lists certain programs, which might allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tex-common | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.08ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.06ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1400)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1400)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-1400)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1400)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1103-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1103-1)
+ tex-common vulnerability
+ 4 April 2011

### Other references

* <http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1400>