Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : texinfo regression bug fix (USN-194-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20761

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-194-1 fixed a vulnerability in the 'texindex' program.
Unfortunately this update introduced a regression that caused the program to abort when cleaning up temporary files (which are used with extraordinarily large input files). The updated packages fix this.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected info and / or texinfo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20761

File Name: ubuntu_USN-194-2.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:info, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texinfo, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2006

Reference Information

USN: 194-2

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