USN-3788-1: Tex Live vulnerabilities
11 October 2018
texlive-bin vulnerabilities
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
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2PoKbkW