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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2005-3011

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2005-3011

Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/21/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-texinfo

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