CVE-2005-3011
Published Sep 21, 2005
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 1.2
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
Vendor comments
- Red HatUpdated packages to correct this issue are available along with our advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2005-3011.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:texinfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "7CB7D599-0C64-422A-AE4A-3E8762C7CE46",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.8"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]