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

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.

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Affected products

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: <36855, <36626

Patches

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References

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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