CVE-2001-1353

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-1353
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-09-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionghostscript before 6.51 allows local users to read and write arbitrary files as the 'lp' user via the file operator, even with -dSAFER enabled.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-112.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q4/0069.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
'LPRng: SECURITY BULLETIN - GhostScript -dSAFER does not prevent file access' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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