CVE-2023-32668 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Luatex Project	Luatex
Miktex	Miktex
Tug	Tex Live

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/blob/b266ef076c96b382cd23a4c93204e247bb98626a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/ChangeLog#L1-L3
https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html
https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html#luasocket

History

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-27T16:41:03.571Z

Reserved: 2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-32668

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:25:36.420Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-11T06:15:10.000

Modified: 2025-01-27T17:15:14.650

Link: CVE-2023-32668

Redhat

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