CVE-2001-1593

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2001-1593

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2014-04-05T21:55:06

Last Modified Date
2014-05-01T01:20:51

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps::::::::	1	OR	4.14
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.4:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.12:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1593
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-1593

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:34:52				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 22:33:25	2014-04-05T21:55Z	2014-04-05T21:55:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 22:33:25		2014-05-01T01:20:51	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 22:33:25		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated