2.1

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Gnu ≫ A2ps Version <= 4.14
Gnu ≫ A2ps Version4.10.3
Gnu ≫ A2ps Version4.10.4
Gnu ≫ A2ps Version4.12
Gnu ≫ A2ps Version4.13
Gnu ≫ A2ps Version4.13b
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.4% 0.319
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 2.1 3.9 2.9
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
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
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630