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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-3011 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

Current 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.


View Analysis Description

Analysis Description

texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: N/A
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 1.2 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Updated packages to correct this issue are available along with our advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2005-3011.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc CVE, MITRE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P CVE, MITRE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365 CVE, MITRE Exploit
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17093 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17211 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18401 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:00:55 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc


Added Reference
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P


Added Reference
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365


Added Reference
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530


Added Reference
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html


Added Reference
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/16816


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/17076


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/17093


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/17211


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/18401


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/23112


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788


Added Reference
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402


Added Reference
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014992


Added Reference
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015468


Added Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219


Added Reference
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml


Added Reference
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175


Added Reference
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html


Added Reference
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html


Added Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded


Added Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14854


Added Reference
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1


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/2007/1267


Added Reference
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939


Added Reference
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589


CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:31:43 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/19/2018 11:34:24 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]


Removed Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]


CVE Modified by MITRE 10/10/2017 9:30:21 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10589 [No Types Assigned]


Removed Reference
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10589 [No Types Assigned]


Initial CVE Analysis 9/22/2005 6:51:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3011
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE

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