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Low
CVE-2005-3011
The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18401
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17211
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23112
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17093
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17070
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 21st, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.