Description
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6 ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139 ↗
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log ↗
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ ↗