fkie_cve-2005-3011
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2005-09-21 20:03
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/16816Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17070Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17076Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17093Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17211Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17215Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18401Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22929Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23112Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24788Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16816Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17070Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17076Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17093Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17211Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17215Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18401Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23112Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24788Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu texinfo *



{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:texinfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "7CB7D599-0C64-422A-AE4A-3E8762C7CE46",
              "versionEndIncluding": "4.8",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2005-3011",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "HIGH",
          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 1.2,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.9,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2005-09-21T20:03:00.000",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ],
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16816"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17070"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17076"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17093"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17211"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17215"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/18401"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22929"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23112"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24788"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25402"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ],
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16816"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17070"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17076"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17093"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17211"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/17215"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/18401"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22929"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23112"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24788"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25402"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "Updated packages to correct this issue are available along with our advisory:\nhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2005-3011.html\n\nRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.",
      "lastModified": "2007-03-14T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-59"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.


Loading…

Loading…

Loading…

Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.


Loading…

Loading…