Vulnerability CVE-2005-3011


Published: 2005-09-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Type:

CWE-59

(Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.2/10
2.9/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
GNU -> Texinfo 

 References:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
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/2007/1267
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589

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