CVE-2001-1593

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
A2ps
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 April 2014

Summary

The 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.

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
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http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4....
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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