<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200611-16"> <title>Texinfo: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis> Texinfo is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">texinfo</product> <announced>2006-11-21</announced> <revised count="01">2006-11-21</revised> <bug>154316</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sys-apps/texinfo" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.8-r5</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.8-r5</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Texinfo is the official documentation system of the GNU project. </p> </background> <description> <p> Miloslav Trmac from Red Hat discovered a buffer overflow in the "readline()" function of texindex.c. The "readline()" function is called by the texi2dvi and texindex commands. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> By enticing a user to open a specially crafted Texinfo file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Texinfo. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Texinfo users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4810">CVE-2006-4810</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-11-15T21:23:53Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-11-15T21:39:27Z"> vorlon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-11-16T14:40:00Z"> jaervosz </metadata> </glsa>