CVE-2005-3011

Public Exploit

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.

Category

1.2
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18401 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175 vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17211 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17093 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992 vdb entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589 vdb entry signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3011?
CVE-2005-3011 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3011?
To fix CVE-2005-3011, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3011 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-3011 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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