CVE-2005-3011

texinfo <4.8 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (32)

Core 32
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_trustix
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18401
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17211
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17093
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/texinfo < 4.8
Published Sep 21, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026