CVE-2016-10243

NameCVE-2016-10243
DescriptionTeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-847-1, DSA-3803-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
texlive-base (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2014.20141024-2+deb8u1fixed
stretch2016.20170123-5fixed
buster2018.20190227-2fixed
bullseye2020.20210202-3fixed
bookworm2022.20230122-3fixed
trixie2024.20240829-2fixed
sid2024.20241102-1fixed
texlive-bin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2014.20140926.35254-6+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security)2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u2vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u3vulnerable
buster (security)2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u2vulnerable
bullseye2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u2fixed
bookworm2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u1fixed
trixie2024.20240313.70630+ds-4fixed
sid2024.20240313.70630+ds-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
texlive-basesourcewheezy2012.20120611-5+deb7u1DLA-847-1
texlive-basesourcejessie2014.20141024-2+deb8u1DSA-3803-1
texlive-basesource(unstable)2016.20161130-1
texlive-binsource(unstable)2019.20190605.51237-2unimportant

Notes

https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605

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