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    CVE-2005-3011

    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.

    Published:Feb 9, 2000
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 21, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00043
    CVSS Score:1.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Texinfo
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365

    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High