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Debian: CVE-2023-32700: texlive-bin -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-32700: texlive-bin -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/20/2023
Created
05/23/2023
Added
05/23/2023
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

LuaTeX 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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-texlive-bin

References

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