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CVE-2017-17513

Publication date 14 December 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
context 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
19.10 eoan Ignored
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
texlive-base 24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
21.10 impish Ignored
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
19.10 eoan Ignored
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
texlive-bin 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
19.10 eoan Ignored
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H