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.
Ver en NVDSeveridad
N/A
EPSS
Probabilidad de explotación (próx. 30 días): 0.0006 (0.1%)
Percentil: 18.0%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Afecta
gnu:a2psDescripción técnica
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.
Publicada: 5/4/2014, 21:55:06
Última modificación: 6/5/2026, 22:30:45
Referencias
- 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