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Bug 169585 - CAN-2005-3011 texindex insecure temporary file usage
CAN-2005-3011 texindex insecure temporary file usage
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: texinfo (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Tim Waugh
Ben Levenson
impact=low,source=cve,public=20000209...
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Reported: 2005-09-29 17:01 EDT by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-10-17 06:57:30 EDT
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-09-29 17:01:40 EDT 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #169583 +++

The texindex command uses predictable temporary filenames.  This could allow a
rogue local user to create a symlink which would cause texindex to overwrite
various files the user running texindex has write access to.

There is more informatin in the Debian bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365

No patch exists yet.


This issue seems to be mitigated by the fact that texindex will only use a
temporary file when the file being processed is over 50,000 lines.
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-09-29 17:03:00 EDT 
This issue should also affect FC3
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2005-10-14 11:58:03 EDT 
From User-Agent: XML-RPC

texinfo-4.8-4.1 has been pushed for FC4, which should resolve this issue.  If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.
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