CVE-2005-3011 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-3011 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	1.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	None

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 120577 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2005:023, published Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:58:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:42 2025