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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109 ↗
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13641 ↗