Vulnerability Details CVE-2015-5701
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 41.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.1
CVSS v2 Score 5.6
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
Products affected by CVE-2015-5701
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525