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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
Insight
Insight
TeX is a document typesetting system which is popular in the mathematics, physics, and computer science realms because of its ability to typeset complex mathematical formulas. texindex(1) is a utility which is often used to generate a sorted index of a TeX file. The sort_offline function used by texindex(1) employs the maketempname function, which produces predictable file names and fails to validate that the paths do not exist.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc