CVE-2011-1400

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-03-23
Bugzilla:
692074: CVE-2011-1400 tetex, texlive: shell_escape_commands insufficient input sanitization (ACE)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The default configuration of the shell_escape_commands directive in conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS, and possibly other operating systems lists certain programs, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.

Find out more about CVE-2011-1400 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of tetex as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5, and the versions of texlive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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