{"id":"CVE-2006-4810","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:37:48.827961Z","published":"2006-11-08T21:07:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22725"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22777"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22798"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22898"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22929"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/22995"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/23015"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/23112"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/23335"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/24788"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}