FKIE_CVE-2015-5701

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-25 18:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tug texlive 20100722
tug texlive 20110705
tug texlive 20120701
tug texlive 20130530
tug texlive 20140525

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