| Name | CVE-2015-5701 |
| Description | mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| texlive-bin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2014.20140926.35254-6+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u3 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2024.20240313.70630+ds-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| texlive-bin | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- texlive-bin <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not reintroduced, patch mktexlsr-use-mktemp still applied)
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=36626&r2=36855