CVE-2004-1377

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1377
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13b All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13b All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Home All All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Home All All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU A2PS fixps.in Script Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
VuXML: a2ps -- insecure temporary file creation CONFIRM www.vuxml.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - GNU a2ps Two Scripts Insecure Temporary File Creation SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- a2ps: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
GNU A2PS psmandup.in Script Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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