# CVE-2015-5700: mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/

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