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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.3102
                         Tex Live vulnerabilities
                              12 October 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           texlive-bin
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Create Arbitrary Files          -- Existing Account            
                   Denial of Service               -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-17407 CVE-2015-5700 

Reference:         ESB-2018.3031

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3788-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3788-1
October 11, 2018

texlive-bin vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Tex Live.

Software Description:
- - texlive-bin: TeX Live: path search library for TeX (development part)

Details:

Jakub Wilk discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-5700)

It was discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-17407)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  texlive-binaries                2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  texlive-binaries                2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  texlive-binaries                2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3788-1
  CVE-2015-5700, CVE-2018-17407

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

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