CVE-2006-4810
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2006-11-08 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2006-4810 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.6 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (texinfo) | ELSA-2006-0727 | 2006-11-30 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (texinfo) | ELSA-2006-0727 | 2006-11-30 |
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