CVE-2001-1593
N/A
Published: April 5, 2014 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorA2PS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patchVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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