USN-3788-1

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    USN-3788-1

    Published: 11 Oct 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: texlive-bin vulnerabilities

    Details: Jakub Wilk discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-5700) It was discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17407)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5700, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17407

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: texlive-bin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2013.20130529.30792-1build2

    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