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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13641Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109Patch
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13641Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109Patch
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 27, 2004
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified