| Name | CVE-2005-3011 |
| Description | The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1219 |
| Debian Bugs | 328365 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| texinfo (PTS) | buster | 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 6.7.0.dfsg.2-6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.8-6 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[sarge] - texinfo <no-dsa> (Minor issue, hardly exploitable)