Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : texinfo (cve_2006_4810_buffer_overflow)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - 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...

SLES9: Security update for texinfo

The remote host is missing updates to packages that affect the security of your system. One or more of the following packages are affected: texinfo For more information, please visit the referenced security advisories. More details may also be found by searching for keyword 5014518 within the SuS...

SuSE9 Security Update : texinfo (YOU Patch Number 11299)

Specially crafted texinfo files could crash texinfo utilities like texi2dvi and potentially execute code. CVE-2006-4810 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description...

CentOS 3 / 4 : texinfo (CESA-2006:0727)

New Texinfo packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online information and printed output from a single source...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-16 (texinfo)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200611-16. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SuSE 10 Security Update : texinfo (ZYPP Patch Number 2263)

Specially crafted texinfo files could crash texinfo utilities like texi2dvi and potentially execute code. CVE-2006-4810 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : texinfo (texinfo-2264)

Specially crafted texinfo files could crash texinfo utilities. CVE-2006-4810 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update texinfo-2264. The text description of this plugin is C SUSE LLC...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : texinfo (MDKSA-2006:203)

Miloslav Trmac discovered a buffer overflow in texinfo. This issue can cause texi2dvi or texindex to crash when processing a carefully crafted file. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package chec...

Fedora Core 6 : texinfo-4.8-14.fc6 (2006-1203)

Sun Nov 5 2006 Miloslav Trmac - 4.8-14 - Remove off-line sorting from texindex fixes CVE-2006-4810 - Mon Oct 9 2006 Miloslav Trmac - 4.8-13 - Don't use mode 0666 for the texindex temporary files - Mon Oct 9 2006 Miloslav Trmac - 4.8-12 - Don't leave around temporary files used by texindex - Add...

Fedora Core 5 : texinfo-4.8-9.2.fc5.2 (2006-1202)

Sun Nov 5 2006 Miloslav Trmac - 4.8-9.2.fc5.2 - Remove off-line sorting from texindex fixes CVE-2006-4810 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much...

Moderate texinfo security update

4.7-5.el4.2 - Fix CVE-2006-4810 211484 4.7-5.el4.1 - Fix CAN-2005-3011 169583...

Debian DSA-1219-1 : texinfo - buffer overflow

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-2006-481...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1219-1] New texinfo packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1219-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Noah Meyerhans November 27, 2006 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : texinfo...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : texinfo (RHSA-2006:0727)

New Texinfo packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online information and printed output from a single source...

info, texinfo security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0727-01 New Texinfo packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both onli...

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...

CVE-2006-4810

The CVE-2006-4810 entry concerns Texinfo 4.8 and earlier, where a buffer overflow in Texinfo’s texindex.c readline path (used by texi2dvi and texindex) could allow a local attacker to run arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file. The connected advisories (Ubuntu USN-379-1, Red Hat/CentOS advisor...