{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2001-1593", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385" }, { "name": "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20140204 Re: CVE request: a2ps insecure temporary file use", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20140205 Re: CVE request: a2ps insecure temporary file use", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257" }, { "name": "DSA-2892", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20140205 Re: CVE request: a2ps insecure temporary file use", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237" } ] } }