CVE-2001-1593 (NVD)

2014-04-05

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.

Products A2ps
Type Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') (CWE-59)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links • 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/q1/253
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385