CVE-2006-4810 (GCVE-0-2006-4810)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:23
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/22725 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-07… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/22777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/22995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23015 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/23335 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texin… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/22898 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPK… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/22798 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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