CVE-2016-10243

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10243
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionTeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Application Tug Tex Live - All All All
Application Tug Tex Live - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: texlive-2016-33.20160520.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: texlive-2016-33.20160520.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Kpathsea: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201709-07) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
TeX Live CVE-2016-10243 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pwning coworkers thanks to LaTeX · scumjr MISC scumjr.github.io Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: texlive-2016-33.20160520.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[texlive] Revision 42605 CONFIRM www.tug.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3803-1 texlive-base DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: texlive-2016-33.20160520.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - TeX Live: CVE-2016-10243: whitelists a insecure binary/utility to be run as external program MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710365 Gentoo Linux Kpathsea User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201709-07)
  • 756109 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for texlive-specs-k (SUSE-SU-2024:1203-1)
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