CVE-2013-1444

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1444
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-30 22:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionA certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Txt2man 1.5.5-2 All All All
Application Debian Txt2man 1.5.5-4 All All All
Application Marc Vertes Txt2man 1.5.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1979-1: txt2man vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
osvdb.org/97769 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
oss-sec: [notification] txt2man unsafe use of tempoarary files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
#724614 - txt2man: CVE-2013-1444: unsafe use of temporary files - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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