CVE-2006-4810

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento del búfer en la función readline de util/texindex.c, tal y como se usa en los comandos (1) texi2dvi y (2) texindex en el texinfo 4.8 y versiones anteriores permite a usuarios locales la ejecución de código de su elección a través de el fichero manipulado Texinfo.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-09-15 CVE Reserved
2006-11-08 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (32)

URL	Tag	Source
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17	X_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/advisories/22898	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22995	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23015	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23335	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959	Vdb Entry
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html	2018-10-17

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P	2018-10-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/22725	2018-10-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/22777	2018-10-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/22798	2018-10-17
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml	2018-10-17
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219	2018-10-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203	2018-10-17
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html	2018-10-17
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html	2018-10-17
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063	2018-10-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1	2018-10-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4810	2006-11-08
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618203	2006-11-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Texinfo Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Texinfo"				<= 4.8 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Texinfo" and version " <= 4.8"		-		Affected