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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513 | Third Party Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-12-14T16:00:00
Updated: 2017-12-14T20:57:01
Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-17513
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-12-14T16:29:00.293
Modified: 2018-01-02T17:44:58.497
Link: CVE-2017-17513
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE