Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2015-5701
CVE-2015-5701
Description
mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- 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
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