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CVE-2006-4810

CVE-2006-4810

EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected products
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References
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-Phttp://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17http://secunia.com/advisories/22725http://secunia.com/advisories/22777http://secunia.com/advisories/22798http://secunia.com/advisories/22898http://secunia.com/advisories/22929http://secunia.com/advisories/22995http://secunia.com/advisories/23015http://secunia.com/advisories/23112http://secunia.com/advisories/23335http://secunia.com/advisories/24788