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Alpine: libsynctex, multiple texlive packages, xdvik: security update to 20230506.66984-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 426115

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from
 an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also
 affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5. (CVE-2023-32700)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-32700

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 426115

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32700

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32700