CVE-2006-4810

Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2006-11-08

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Texinfo (Gnu)

References

• http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22725
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22777
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22798
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22898
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22995
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23015
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23112
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
• http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893