vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-17407: Security patch for texlive (ALAS-2020-1388)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 23, 2018 | Jul 2, 2020 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 23, 2018
Added
Jul 2, 2020
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-texlive
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