#8619: Remove mpost from texlive shell_escape_commands
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Reporter: ken@… | Owner: ken@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.11
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Keywords:
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From the tldist mailing list:
{{{
For all distro and other maintainers of TeX: mpost should be removed
from the list of shell_escape_commands in TeX Live's texmf.cnf, or
analogous lists in other setups. (Perhaps we will be able to reinstate
it in the 2017 TL release.)
}}}
(details of an exploit can be found on the web)
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