CVE-2005-3011

Published: Sep 21, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

1.2

Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Texinfo

Gnu

1 product

Texinfo

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Texinfo	Up to 4.8

Related CWEs

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

References (64)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/16816

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17070

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17076

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17093

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17211

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17215

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18401

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22929

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23112

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/24788

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25402

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc (unsafe URL)