Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6695-1 texlive-bin

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6695-1
March 14, 2024

texlive-bin vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 23.10
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in TeX Live.

Software Description:
– texlive-bin: Binaries for TeX Live

Details:

It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain memory
operations in the embedded axodraw2 tool. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause TeX Live to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-18604)

It was discovered that TeX Live allowed documents to make arbitrary
network requests. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to exfiltrate sensitive information, or perform other network-related
attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-32668)

It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain TrueType fonts.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
TrueType font, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause TeX Live to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2024-25262)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10:
texlive-binaries 2023.20230311.66589-6ubuntu0.1
texlive-binaries-sse2 2023.20230311.66589-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
texlive-binaries 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
texlive-binaries 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6695-1
CVE-2019-18604, CVE-2023-32668, CVE-2024-25262

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2023.20230311.66589-6ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2