Upstream information

CVE-2017-17513 at MITRE

Description

TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.8 4.6
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Local
Access Complexity Medium Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 8.8 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High Low
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1073020 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 texlive Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 texlive Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 texlive Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 texlive Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 texlive Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 texlive Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 texlive Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 texlive Ignore
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 texlive Ignore


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 14 23:07:24 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Nov 12 19:16:36 2024