CVE-2015-5700
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 25, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 30, 2015
Description
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20150730 Re: CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmpmailing-list
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- USN-3788-1vendor-advisory
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