info, texinfo security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0727-1 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 onlin...

info, texinfo security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 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...

security flaw

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

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: texinfo security update

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...

security flaw

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...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : texinfo regression bug fix (USN-194-2)

USN-194-1 fixed a vulnerability in the 'texindex' program. Unfortunately this update introduced a regression that caused the program to abort when cleaning up temporary files which are used with extraordinarily large input files. The updated packages fix this. Note that Tenable Network Security h...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : texinfo vulnerability (USN-194-1)

Frank Lichtenheld discovered that the 'texindex' program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running texindex. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Texindex temporary file privilege escalation Category: contrib Module: texinfo Announced: 2006-01-11...

Fedora Core 3 : texinfo-4.8-2.2 (2005-990)

This package fixes a temporary file name vulnerability in the texindex program CVE-2005-3011. 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 as possible...

Fedora Core 4 : texinfo-4.8-4.1 (2005-991)

This package fixes a temporary file name vulnerability in the texindex program CVE-2005-3011. 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 as possible...

GLSA-200510-04 : Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-04 Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation Frank Lichtenheld has discovered that the 'sortoffline' function in texindex insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames. Impact : A local attacker could create...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : texinfo (MDKSA-2005:175)

Frank Lichtenheld has discovered that texindex insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames. This is exploitable if a local attacker were to create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file on the filesystem. When texindex is executed, the file wou...

USN-194-1: texinfo vulnerability

Frank Lichtenheld discovered that the "texindex" program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running texindex...

Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation

Background Texinfo is the official documentation system created by the GNU project. Description Frank Lichtenheld has discovered that the "sortoffline" function in texindex insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames. Impact A local attacker could create symbolic links in the...

CVE-2005-3011

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

CVE-2005-3011

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

CVE-2005-3011

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

CVE-2005-3011

CVE-2005-3011 and related texinfo issues affect the GNU texinfo package up to version 4.8 and earlier, specifically in the texindex utility. The root cause is insecure handling of temporary files, allowing a local attacker to overwrite files writable by the victim via a symlink/temporary-file rac...

GNU Texinfo symbolic links problem

texindex symbolic links problem during temporary file creation...

[SA16816] GNU Texinfo Insecure Temporary File Creation

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