CVE-2015-5701

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5701
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-12 15:37:00 UTC
Descriptionmktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tug Texlive 20100722 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20110705 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20120701 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20130530 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20140525 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20100722 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20110705 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20120701 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20130530 All All All
Application Tug Texlive 20140525 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1181167 – CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2015-5701 texlive: insecure use of /tmp in mktexlsr CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[texlive] Log of /trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr CONFIRM www.tug.org Vendor Advisory
ViewVC Exception CONFIRM www.tug.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmp MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#775139 - mktexlsr: insecure use of /tmp - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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