Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3011
CVE-2005-3011
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
32- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/16816nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17070nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17076nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17093nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17211nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17215nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18401nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22929nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23112nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24788nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25402nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939nvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.ascnvd
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-Pnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.htmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.htmlnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589nvd
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