CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3011

1.2 LOW Published 2005-09-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-09-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu texinfo (<= 4.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References