CVE-2002-0044

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0044
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-01-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionGNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Enscript All All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
MDKSA-2002:010 MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Updated enscript packages available HP www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-105-1 enscript DEBIAN www.debian.org
GNU Enscript Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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