Arch Linux ASA-201605-9 High Severity: latex2rtf Arbitrary Code Execution

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201605-9
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Severity: High
Date    : 2016-05-06
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-8106
Package : latex2rtf
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package latex2rtf before version 2.3.10-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.3.10-1.

# pacman -Syu "latex2rtf>=2.3.10-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.3.10.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A format string vulnerability was found in the CmdKeywords() function,
where the user-controlled variable 'keywords' is passed as a format
argument to vnsprintf(), when processing the \keywords command in a TeX
file.

Impact
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An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host by supplying
a crafted TeX file.

References
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/16/39
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8106