Ubuntu alert USN-3788-2 (texlive-bin)

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"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com> 
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[USN-3788-2] Tex Live-bin vulnerability 
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Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:19:21 -0300
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<1540297161.3908.2.camel@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3788-2
October 23, 2018

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

- Ubuntu 18.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Tex Live.

Software Description:
- texlive-bin: TeX Live: path search library for TeX (development part)

Details:

USN-3788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tex Live. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.10

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2018-17407)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  texlive-binaries                2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3788-2
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3788-1
  CVE-2018-17407

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2018.201...-- 
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