CVE-2005-3011

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2000-02-09
Bugzilla:
1617775: CVE-2005-3011 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2005-3011 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Updated 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.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (texinfo) RHSA-2006:0727 2006-11-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (texinfo) RHSA-2006:0727 2006-11-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (texinfo) RHSA-2006:0727 2006-11-08

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