Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017175130000000
Revision Date:2017-12-14Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-17513 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-17513
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • context package in xenial is affected and may need fixing.
  • OR texlive-base package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR texlive-bin package in xenial is affected and may need fixing.
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