Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-4810
CVE-2006-4810
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.
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References
30- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.htmlnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/22725nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22777nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22798nvdVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-Pnvd
- cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.cnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22898nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22929nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22995nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23015nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23112nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23335nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24788nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.htmlnvd
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893nvd
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