CVE-2006-4810 Affecting texinfo package, versions <4.8.dfsg.1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-TEXINFO-269130
  • published8 Nov 2006
  • disclosed8 Nov 2006

Introduced: 8 Nov 2006

CVE-2006-4810  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 texinfo to version 4.8.dfsg.1-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream texinfo package and not the texinfo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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