--- title: 'USN-6115-1: TeX Live vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices' description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6115-1 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-6115-1 --- # USN-6115-1: TeX Live vulnerability Publication date 30 May 2023 Overview LuaTeX (TeX Live) could be made to run programs as your login if it compiled a specially crafted TeX file. Releases [23.04](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=lunar) [22.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=kinetic) [22.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=jammy) [20.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=focal) [18.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=bionic) --- Open side navigation ## Packages * [texlive-bin](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=texlive-bin) - Binaries for TeX Live ## Details Max Chernoff discovered that LuaTeX (TeX Live) did not properly disable shell escape. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary shell commands. ## Update instructions In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 23.04 lunar | [texlive-binaries](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin) –  [2022.20220321.62855-5ubuntu0.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2022.20220321.62855-5ubuntu0.1) | | | | 22.10 kinetic | [texlive-binaries](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin) –  [2022.20220321.62855-4ubuntu0.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2022.20220321.62855-4ubuntu0.1) | | | | 22.04 LTS jammy | [texlive-binaries](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin) –  [2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1) | | | | 20.04 LTS focal | [texlive-binaries](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin) –  [2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.1) | | | | 18.04 LTS bionic | [texlive-binaries](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin) –  [2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2) | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References * [CVE-2023-32700](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32700)