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GLSA-200611-16 : Texinfo: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23710

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-16 (Texinfo: Buffer overflow)

 Miloslav Trmac from Red Hat discovered a buffer overflow in the 'readline()' function of texindex.c. The 'readline()' function is called by the texi2dvi and texindex commands.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to open a specially crafted Texinfo file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Texinfo.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Texinfo users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23710

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200611-16.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/22/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:texinfo, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4810

BID: 20959

GLSA: 200611-16