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title: "CVE-2006-4810\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-4810

Publication date 8 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the
(1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows
local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| texinfo | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 4.8.dfsg.1-4build1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 4.8.dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 4.8-4ubuntu0.1 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4810)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4810)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4810)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4810)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-379-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-379-1)
+ texinfo vulnerability
+ 9 November 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4810>