CVE-2001-1593

Summary

CVECVE-2001-1593
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-05 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2014-05-01 01:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu A2ps 4.10.3 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.10.4 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.12 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13b All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.10.3 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.10.4 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.12 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13b All All All
Application Gnu A2ps All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: a2ps insecure temporary file use MLIST seclists.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: a2ps insecure temporary file use MLIST seclists.org
#737385 - a2ps: CVE-2001-1593: insecure use of /tmp - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2892-1 a2ps DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-sec: Re: Re: CVE request: a2ps insecure temporary file use MLIST seclists.org
Bug 1060630 – CVE-2001-1593 a2ps: insecure temporary file use CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Page not found :'( - src.fedoraproject.org CONFIRM pkgs.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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