Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-4810: Texinfo: Buffer overflow
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/08/2006
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-texinfo
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