CVE-2001-1593

2014-04-0521:55:06

CWE-59

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2001-1593

security vulnerability

a2ps 4.14

symlink attack

temporary file

nvd

CVSS2

2.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

6.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

gnua2psRange≤4.14

gnua2psMatch4.10.3

gnua2psMatch4.10.4

gnua2psMatch4.12

gnua2psMatch4.13

gnua2psMatch4.13b

VendorProductVersionCPE
gnua2ps*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnua2ps4.10.3cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnua2ps4.10.4cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnua2ps4.12cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnua2ps4.13cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnua2ps4.13bcpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
gnu	a2ps	*	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps::::::::
gnu	a2ps	4.10.3	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.3:::::::*
gnu	a2ps	4.10.4	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.10.4:::::::*
gnu	a2ps	4.12	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.12:::::::*
gnu	a2ps	4.13	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13:::::::*
gnu	a2ps	4.13b	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b:::::::*