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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3427-2 texlive-bin -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

31 May 2023

Affected Packages:

texlive-bin

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1036891.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-18604.

More information:

It was discovered that the patch to fix CVE-2023-32700 in texlive-bin, released as DLA-3427-1, was incomplete and caused an error when running the lualatex command.

The following security vulnerability has been addressed as well.

• CVE-2019-18604

  A flaw was found in axohelp in axodraw2. The sprintf function is mishandled which may cause a stack overflow error.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your texlive-bin packages.

For the detailed security status of texlive-bin please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/texlive-bin

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS