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Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-5700

CVE-2015-5700

Description

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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Affected products

6

Tug/Texlive5 versions
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
TeXLive/mktexlsrllm-fuzzy
Range: r22855-36625

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References

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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsrnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsrnvdVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/nvd

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