PT-2012-3818 · Tex Users · Texlive-Extra-Utils

Helmut Grohne · Published 2012-05-18 · Updated 2012-05-21 · CVE-2012-2120

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions texlive-extra-utils version 2011.20120322

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file when latex2man is used with the H or T option.

Recommendations For texlive-extra-utils version 2011.20120322, consider avoiding the use of the H or T option with latex2man until a fix is available, or apply any available configuration changes that restrict access to temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2120

Affected Products

Texlive-Extra-Utils

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2120 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2120 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12 · Note