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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10243

TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 texlive-base

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.20161130-1"}]}]

Debian:13 texlive-base

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.20161130-1"}]}]

Debian:14 texlive-base

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.20161130-1"}]}]

Debian:12 texlive-bin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2019.20190605.51237-2"}]}]

Debian:13 texlive-bin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2019.20190605.51237-2"}]}]

Debian:14 texlive-bin

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2019.20190605.51237-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org