UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17513

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17513

    Published: 14 Dec 2017Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17513

    Summary:

    Details: TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17513, https://sources.debian.org/src/texlive-base/2017.20171128-1/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua/#L153, https://sources.debian.org/src/texlive-bin/2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2/texk/texlive/linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun/#L3004, https://sources.debian.org/src/context/2017.05.15.20170613-2/texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua/?hl=3424#L3424, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17513

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: texlive-base

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-base?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2015.20150625-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High