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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.0%
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.
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
secunia.com/advisories/22725
secunia.com/advisories/22777
secunia.com/advisories/22798
secunia.com/advisories/22898
secunia.com/advisories/22929
secunia.com/advisories/22995
secunia.com/advisories/23015
secunia.com/advisories/23112
secunia.com/advisories/23335
secunia.com/advisories/24788
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1
www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893