USN-379-1: texinfo vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-379-1
9th November, 2006
texinfo vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
Details
Miloslav Trmac discovered a buffer overflow in texinfo's index
processor. If a user is tricked into processing a .texi file with
texindex, this could lead to arbitrary code execution with user
privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- texinfo 4.8.dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- texinfo 4.8-4ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- texinfo 4.7-2.2ubuntu2.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.