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>> GNU Texinfo "textindex.c" Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
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Title : GNU Texinfo "textindex.c" Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1748
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-09-15
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A vulnerability was identified in GNU Texinfo, which may be exploited by malicious users to conduct symlink attacks and create/overwrite arbitrary files. The problem is due to an error in the "textindex.c" file that creates temporary files insecurely, which may be exploited by local attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.
Affected Products
GNU Texinfo 4.x
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1748
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Frank Lichtenheld
ChangeLog
2005-09-15 : Initial release
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