CVE-2016-10243

Publication date 2 May 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
texlive-base	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
texlive-bin	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

texmf.cnf isn't shipped in texlive-bin package

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
texlive-base	Upstream: http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3401-1
TeX Live vulnerability
22 August 2017