medium6.8
CVE-2011-1400
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 sque…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Tex-Common | Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 10.04, 10.10 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43973
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/?op=comp&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404781&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404812
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/?op=log
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43973
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/?op=comp&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404781&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404812
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/?op=log
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249