CVE-2006-4810 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-4810 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.6
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 214920 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2006:028, published Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:12:10 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:48 2025