USN-194-1: texinfo vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-194-1
6th October, 2005
texinfo vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
- Ubuntu 4.10
Details
Frank Lichtenheld discovered that the "texindex" program created
temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink
attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of
the user running texindex.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- texinfo
- Ubuntu 4.10:
- texinfo
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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