Bug 1618203 (CVE-2006-4810) - CVE-2006-4810 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2006-4810 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2006-4810
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-08-16 12:39 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2021-02-16 23:14 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 12:39:29 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 12:39:22 UTC
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.

Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 16:49:45 UTC
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.

Comment 2 Stephen Herr 2019-06-13 19:30:39 UTC
Statement:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.


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