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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-3788-1 Severe: Texlive-bin Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security flaws in texlive-bin have been patched for Ubuntu, impacting versions 14.04, 16.04, and 18.04 LTS. Please ensure you update immediately.
Several security issues were fixed in Tex Live.

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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Ubuntu update instructions severe texlive-bin

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1

  CVE-2015-5700, CVE-2018-17407

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security advisory code execution Ubuntu update instructions severe texlive-bin

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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