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CVE-2004-1377

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-12-30	a2ps -- insecure temporary file creation

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CVE-2004-1377 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2004-1377
Phase	Assigned(20050119)

Description

The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

Source	Reference
GENTOO	GLSA-200501-02
CONFIRM	http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html
SECUNIA	13641
BID	12108
BID	12109
XF	gnu-a2ps-fixpsin-symlink(18671)
XF	gnu-a2ps-psmanupin-symlink(18672)