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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-4810
Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used...
Vulnerability 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.
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://secunia.com/advisories/22725
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22777
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22995
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23015
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23112
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22798
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
November 8th, 2006
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.