Your submission was sent successfully! Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!
In these regular emails you will find the latest updates about Ubuntu and upcoming events where you can meet our team.Close

CVE-2016-10243

Published: 2 May 2017

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

Notes

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

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
texlive-base
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(2016.20170123-3)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (2016.20161130-1)
xenial
Released (2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(2016.20170123-3)
Patches:
upstream: http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605
texlive-bin
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(code not packaged)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not packaged])
upstream Needed

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not packaged)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(code not packaged)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
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