| Name | CVE-2016-10243 |
| Description | TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-847-1, DSA-3803-1 |
| NVD severity | high |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| texlive-base (PTS) | stretch | 2016.20170123-5 | fixed |
| buster | 2018.20190227-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 2020.20210113-1 | fixed | |
| texlive-bin (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch | 2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2018.20181218.49446-1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye, sid | 2020.20200327.54578-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| texlive-base | source | wheezy | 2012.20120611-5+deb7u1 | DLA-847-1 | ||
| texlive-base | source | jessie | 2014.20141024-2+deb8u1 | DSA-3803-1 | ||
| texlive-base | source | (unstable) | 2016.20161130-1 | |||
| texlive-bin | source | (unstable) | 2019.20190605.51237-2 | unimportant |
https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605