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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200611-16">
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<title>Texinfo: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>
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Texinfo is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution
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of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">texinfo</product>
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<announced>November 21, 2006</announced>
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<revised>November 21, 2006: 01</revised>
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<bug>154316</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/texinfo" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">4.8-r5</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.8-r5</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Texinfo is the official documentation system of the GNU project.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Miloslav Trmac from Red Hat discovered a buffer overflow in the
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"readline()" function of texindex.c. The "readline()" function is
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called by the texi2dvi and texindex commands.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted Texinfo file, an
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attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user
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running Texinfo.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Texinfo users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4810">CVE-2006-4810</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:23:53 +0000">
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vorlon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:39:27 +0000">
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vorlon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:40:00 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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