CVE-2023-32700

2023-05-2000:00:00

ubuntu.com

luatex

arbitrary commands

tex live

miktex

shell command execution

security vulnerability

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

40.5%

JSON

LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when
compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because
luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects
TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.10noarchtexlive-bin< 2022.20220321.62855-4ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu23.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2022.20220321.62855-5ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.10	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2022.20220321.62855-4ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2022.20220321.62855-5ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN