CVE-2006-4810

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.54%

Published

Nov 8, 2006

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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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.

Affected Products (1)

gnu · texinfovulnerable

References (20)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17

http://secunia.com/advisories/22725

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22777

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22798

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22898

http://secunia.com/advisories/22929

http://secunia.com/advisories/22995

http://secunia.com/advisories/23015

http://secunia.com/advisories/23112

http://secunia.com/advisories/23335

http://secunia.com/advisories/24788

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml

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

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html

http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html

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

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded

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

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