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Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : texinfo (ELSA-2006-0727)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67419

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2006:0727 :

New Texinfo packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both online information and printed output from a single source file.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in Texinfo's texindex command. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted Texinfo file that could cause texindex to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2006-4810)

A flaw was found in the way Texinfo's texindex command creates temporary files. A local user could leverage this flaw to overwrite files the user executing texindex has write access to. (CVE-2005-3011)

Users of Texinfo should upgrade to these updated packages which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected texinfo packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2006-November/000017.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-March/000090.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67419

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0727.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:info, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:texinfo, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:3, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3011, CVE-2006-4810

BID: 14854, 20959

RHSA: 2006:0727