CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
28.0%
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the GNU texinfo package, a documentation system for on-line information and printed output.
CVE-2005-3011 Handling of temporary files is performed in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file writable by the victim.
CVE-2006-4810 A buffer overflow in util/texindex.c could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the victim’s access rights by inducing the victim to run texindex or tex2dvi on a specially crafted texinfo file.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1219. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(23742);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3011", "CVE-2006-4810");
script_bugtraq_id(14854, 20959);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1219");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1219-1 : texinfo - buffer overflow");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the GNU texinfo package, a
documentation system for on-line information and printed output.
- CVE-2005-3011
Handling of temporary files is performed in an insecure
manner, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file
writable by the victim.
- CVE-2006-4810
A buffer overflow in util/texindex.c could allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary code with the victim's
access rights by inducing the victim to run texindex or
tex2dvi on a specially crafted texinfo file."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3011"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4810"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the texinfo package.
For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.7-2.2sarge2. Note that binary packages for the mipsel
architecture are not currently available due to technical problems
with the build host. These packages will be made available as soon as
possible.
For unstable (sid) and the upcoming stable release (etch), these
problems have been fixed in version 4.8.dfsg.1-4."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:texinfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/11/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/11/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/09/14");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"info", reference:"4.7-2.2sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"texinfo", reference:"4.7-2.2sarge2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");