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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200611-16
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Texinfo: Buffer overflow
      Date: November 21, 2006
      Bugs: #154316
        ID: 200611-16

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Synopsis
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Texinfo is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Texinfo is the official documentation system of the GNU project.

Affected packages
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     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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  1  sys-apps/texinfo      < 4.8-r5                          >= 4.8-r5

Description
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Miloslav Trmac from Red Hat discovered a buffer overflow in the
"readline()" function of texindex.c. The "readline()" function is
called by the texi2dvi and texindex commands.

Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted Texinfo file, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user
running Texinfo.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Texinfo users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/texinfo-4.8-r5"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-4810
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4810

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-16

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/