CVE-2023-32700

Summary

CVECVE-2023-32700
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-05-20 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:14:00 UTC
DescriptionLuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Luatex Project Luatex All All All All
Application Miktex Miktex All All All All
Application Tug Tex Live All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
luatex-1.17.0 update - tex-live mailing list - TeX Users Group MISC tug.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: texlive-base-20210325-54.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
1.17.0 · Tags · TeXLive / luatex · GitLab MISC gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: texlive-base-20220321-72.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Release Rebuild TL2023 for luatex · TeX-Live/texlive-source · GitHub MISC github.com
LuaTeX Security Vulnerabilities MISC tug.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: texlive-base-20220321-72.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: texlive-base-20210325-54.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160747 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for texlive (ELSA-2023-3661)
  • 181792 Debian Security Update for texlive-bin (DSA 5406-1)
  • 181793 Debian Security Update for texlive-bin (DLA 3427-1)
  • 181817 Debian Security Update for texlive-bin (DLA 3427-2)
  • 184915 Debian Security Update for texlive-bin (CVE-2023-32700)
  • 199373 Ubuntu Security Notification for TeX Live Vulnerability (USN-6115-1)
  • 241727 Red Hat Update for texlive (RHSA-2023:3661)
  • 284013 Fedora Security Update for texlive (FEDORA-2023-d261122726)
  • 284095 Fedora Security Update for texlive (FEDORA-2023-38094d905c)
  • 503270 Alpine Linux Security Update for texlive
  • 506258 Alpine Linux Security Update for texlive
  • 754037 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for texlive (SUSE-SU-2023:2285-1)
  • 754040 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for cups-filters, poppler, texlive (SUSE-SU-2023:2287-1)
  • 941149 AlmaLinux Security Update for texlive (ALSA-2023:3661)
  • 960944 Rocky Linux Security Update for texlive (RLSA-2023:3661)
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