Vulnerability CVE-2006-4810


Published: 2006-11-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Texinfo 

 References:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
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

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