HIGH 7.8 Microsoft
CVE-2023-32700
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2023-May: 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.
Affected Products
- azl4 texlive-base 11:20230311-95.azl4.2 on Azure Linux 4.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32700
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32700
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2023-05-09 via Microsoft. Affected: azl4 texlive-base 11:20230311-95.azl4.2 on Azure Linux 4.0.
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