It was discovered that the mktexlsr script of the texlive package creates temporary files in an insecure way. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack and overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running mktexslr, or obtain sensitive information from the temporary files.
Find out more about CVE-2015-5701 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | texlive | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | texlive | Not affected |
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