Vulnerability Details CVE-2001-1593
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 40.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
Products affected by CVE-2001-1593
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:-
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.12
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.14