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Unscored RHSA-2006:0727 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: texinfo security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Fixed packages 32

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as info 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::as texinfo 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw info 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::aw texinfo 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es info 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::es texinfo 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws info 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 2 enterprise_linux:2.1::ws texinfo 0:4.0b-3.el2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as info 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as texinfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::as texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop info 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop texinfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::desktop texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es info 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es texinfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::es texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws info 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws texinfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 3 enterprise_linux:3::ws texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.5-3.el3.1
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as info 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as texinfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop info 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop texinfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es info 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es texinfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws info 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws texinfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws texinfo-debuginfo 0:4.7-5.el4.2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —

    The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a…

  • Unscored —

    Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in …

References

  • article
    http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=169583
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=170743
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=170744
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=211484
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2006/rhsa-2006_0727.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3011
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617775
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3011
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3011
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4810
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618203
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4810
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4810