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Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : texinfo vulnerability (USN-379-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27961

Synopsis

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

Description

Miloslav Trmac discovered a buffer overflow in texinfo's index processor. If a user is tricked into processing a .texi file with texindex, this could lead to arbitrary code execution with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected info and / or texinfo packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/379-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27961

File Name: ubuntu_USN-379-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:info, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texinfo, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4810

BID: 20959

USN: 379-1