When was CVE-2005-3011 disclosed?

CVE-2005-3011 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 21, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-3011 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-3011 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 13.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-3011?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-3011, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-3011

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 13.7%
KEV: Not listed

References (64)

cve@mitreftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc
cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328365
cve@mitrehttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
cve@mitrehttp://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/16816
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17070
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17076
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17093
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17211
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17215
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/18401
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/22929
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23112

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