CVE-2013-1444 (GCVE-0-2013-1444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-30 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:04
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
debian CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/97769 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2013-09-25 00:00
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