USN-3788-2: Tex Live-bin vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10

Packages

• texlive-bin - TeX Live: path search library for TeX (development part)

Details

USN-3788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tex Live. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.10

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-17407)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10

• texlive-binaries - 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-17407

Related notices

• USN-3788-1: libtexluajit2, libsynctex-dev, texlive-binaries, libptexenc1, libkpathsea6, texlive-bin, libptexenc-dev, libkpathsea-dev, libtexluajit-dev, libsynctex1, libtexlua52, libtexlua52-dev