CVE-2006-4810
"Texinfo Readline Buffer Overflow"
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 8, 2006, 9:07 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2006-4810.
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CVE-2006-4810 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2006-4810 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Added Reference http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22725 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22777 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22798 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22898 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22995 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23015 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23112 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23335 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html Added Reference http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959 Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/ Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1 Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10893 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30158 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4810 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-4810
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.16 }} -0.18%
score
0.32976
percentile