DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1444
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444
Upstream
Published
2013-09-30T22:55:04.587Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:12:22.542120Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / txt2man

Package

Name
txt2man
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/txt2man?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.5-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444.json"

Debian:12 / txt2man

Package

Name
txt2man
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/txt2man?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.5-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444.json"

Debian:13 / txt2man

Package

Name
txt2man
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/txt2man?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.5-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444.json"

Debian:14 / txt2man

Package

Name
txt2man
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/txt2man?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.5-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444.json"