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CVE-2017-17513

Published: 14/12/2017 Updated: 02/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote malicious users to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

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Vendor Advisories

Red Hat: CVE-2017-17513
TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrunlua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/ ...

References

CWE-74https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-17513
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