TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.
Weakness
The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tex_live | Tug | * | 20170524 (including) |
| Context | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Context | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-apps/jammy | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-apps/noble | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-apps/resolute | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/xenial | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | noble | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | resolute | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | stonking | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Texlive-base | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Texlive-bin | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
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