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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 1.2/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365Exploit
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16816Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17070Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17076Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17093Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17211Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17215Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18401Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23112Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24788Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
- 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/2007/1267Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365Exploit
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16816Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17070Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17076Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17093Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17211Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17215Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18401Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23112Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24788Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
- 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/2007/1267Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 21, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified