Summary
It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain memory
operations in the embedded axodraw2 tool. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause TeX Live to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-18604)
It was discovered that TeX Live allowed documents to make arbitrary
network requests. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to exfiltrate sensitive information, or perform other network-related
attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-32668)
It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain TrueType fonts.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
TrueType font, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause TeX Live to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2024-25262)
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | texlive-bin | 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | texlive-bin | 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 8.1
texlive-bin commit c515e was discovered to contain heap buffer overflow via the function ttfLoadHDMX:ttfdump. This vuln…
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Medium 5.5
LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This oc…
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Unscored —
In axohelp.c before 1.3 in axohelp in axodraw2 before 2.1.1b, as distributed in TeXLive and other collections, sprintf …