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CVE-2012-2120

Publication date 18 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
texlive-bin 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
13.04 raring Ignored
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
11.10 oneiric Ignored
11.04 natty Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored

Notes

jdstrand

Ubuntu 10.10 have symlink protections in place