CVE-2016-10243

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-11-28
Bugzilla:
1429452: CVE-2016-10243 texlive: mpost allows to run non-whitelisted external programs

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-10243 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 texlive Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 texlive Not affected

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