Description
The default configuration of the shell_escape_commands directive in conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS, and possibly other operating systems lists certain programs, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43973 ↗
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/?op=comp&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404781&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404812 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731 ↗
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/?op=log ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43816 ↗