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CVE-2005-3011 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

see all 64 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu texinfo	<= 4.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:texinfo:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 22, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]