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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-17407): Tex Live vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-17407): Tex Live vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/23/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/18/2018
Modified
11/08/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-texlive-binaries

References

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