CVE-2011-1400 Information

Description

The default configuration of the shell_escape_commands directive in conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS and possibly other operating systems lists certain programs which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/43816 http://secunia.com/advisories/43973 http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/?op=comp&compare[]=2Ftex-common2Ftrunk@4781&compare[]=2Ftex-common2Ftrunk@4812 http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/?op=log http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249