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CentOS 3 / 4 : texinfo (CESA-2006:0727-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 67037
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
New Texinfo packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online information and printed output from a single source file.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in Texinfo's texindex command. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted Texinfo file that could cause texindex to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2006-4810)
A flaw was found in the way Texinfo's texindex command creates temporary files. A local user could leverage this flaw to overwrite files the user executing texindex has write access to. (CVE-2005-3011)
Users of Texinfo should upgrade to these updated packages which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.
Solution
Update the affected texinfo packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 67037
File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0727-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:texinfo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:info
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-3011, CVE-2006-4810
RHSA: 2006:0727