texinfo

• Author: voroskoi
• Vulnerable: 4.8-7
• Unaffected: 4.8-8siwenna1

A boundary error exists within the “readline()” function in texindex.c. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Texinfo file.

• Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/1460

CVEs:

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4810