CVE-2001-1593
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1593
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2001-1593.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2001-1593
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2014-04-05T21:55:06Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-04T03:36:38.364007Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The tempnameensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spyuser function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
- References
-
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- 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/q1/237
- 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