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CVE-2023-32668

LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This occ

LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows a document (compiled with the default settings) to make arbitrary network requests. This occurs because full access to the socket library is permitted by default, as stated in the documentation. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00064
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Affected Products & Versions

3
luatex project luatex>= 0.27.0 and < 1.17.0
miktex>= 2.9.0 and < 23.5
tug tex live>= 2009 and < 2023
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
poctug.org · luatex.html#luasockettug.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 May 2023 · 06:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

3
usnUSN-7985-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12936-1
usnUSN-6695-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3Release Notes
https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0Patch
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.htmlIssue TrackingMailing ListMitigation
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00032.html
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