Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | texinfo vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-194-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-10-06 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-10-06 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 1.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 1.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: texinfo The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 4.6-1ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 4.7-2.2ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Frank Lichtenheld discovered that the "texindex" program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running texindex. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-194-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-59 | Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10589 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10589 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-3011 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-11-17 | Name : Mac OS X Version File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-04 (Texinfo) File : nvt/glsa_200510_04.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc) File : nvt/freebsdsa_texindex.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1219-1 (texinfo) File : nvt/deb_1219_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 19409 | GNU Texinfo textindex.c Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0727.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-06-29 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0727-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0727.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-05-25 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2007-005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2006-1203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-11-30 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-11-20 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0727.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-21 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-194-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-194-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-990.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-19 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-991.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-11 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200510-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-11 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-175.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:02:25 |
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