CVE-2023-32668

Publication date 11 May 2023

Last updated 29 January 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
texlive-bin	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2021.20210626.59705-1ubuntu0.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2019.20190605.51237-3ubuntu0.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.2+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
texlive-bin	Upstream: b266ef0 Upstream: e7df923 Upstream: da4492c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N