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>> FreeBSD Security Update Fixes Texinfo Temporary File Creation Issue
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Title : FreeBSD Security Update Fixes Texinfo Temporary File Creation Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0140
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3011
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-11
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FreeBSD has released security patches to address a vulnerability identified in GNU Texinfo. 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. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1748
ChangeLog
2006-01-11 : Initial release
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