Description
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1 ↗
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042 ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919 ↗
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/42029 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28139 ↗