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@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+<listitem><para>October 14th, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Added the tempfile patch
+for texinfo.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>October 14th, 2005 [ken]: Update packages and patches in
the changelog to only reflect changes since 6.1. Update zlib.</para></listitem>
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ needed to build an LFS system:</para>
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term>Texinfo Tempfile Fix Patch - 2 KB:</term>
+<listitem>
+<para><ulink url="&patches-root;texinfo-&texinfo-version;-tempfile_fix-1.patch"/></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Util-linux Cramfs Patch - 3 KB:</term> <listitem>
<para><ulink url="&patches-root;util-linux-&util-linux-version;-cramfs-1.patch"/></para>
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Texinfo</title>
+<para>Texinfo allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack
+on temporary files. Apply the following patch to fix this:</para>
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;-tempfile_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>