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.
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References | () http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch - | |
References | () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237 - | |
References | () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253 - | |
References | () http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257 - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892 - | |
References | () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630 - |
Information
Published : 2014-04-05 21:55
Updated : 2024-11-20 23:38
NVD link : CVE-2001-1593
Mitre link : CVE-2001-1593
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2001-1593
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Products Affected
gnu
- a2ps
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')