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Debian: DSA-3803-1 Critical: Texlive-Base Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2017
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Update texlive-base to address a security vulnerability that facilitates code execution within TeX files. Essential update provided by Debian.
It was discovered that texlive-base, the TeX Live package which provides the essential TeX programs and files, whitelists mpost as an external program to be run from within the TeX...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2014.20141024-2+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been
fixed in version 2016.20161130-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2016.20161130-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your texlive-base packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: texlive-base
CVE ID: CVE-2016-10243

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