Description
The pre-install script in texlive 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21 as packaged in Fedora 21 and rpm, and texlive 6.20131226_r32488.fc20 and rpm allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted file in the user's home directory.
References
- FEDORA-2015-4332 vendor-advisory
- 72826 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2015-4872 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20150227 CVE-2015-0296 preinstall scriptlet in texlive-base rpm of fedora allows unprivileged user to delete arbitrary files(maybe others) mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197082