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CVE-2005-3011

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.

Published

2005-09-21T20:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.2 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	texinfo	≤ 4.8	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc ([email protected])
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365 Exploit ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html ([email protected])
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17093 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17211 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18401 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html ([email protected])
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589 ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17093 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17211 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18401 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)