PT-2013-3140 · Gnu · Txt2Man

Patrick J Cherry · Published 2013-09-30 · Updated 2013-10-11 · CVE-2013-1444

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 txt2man versions 1.5.5-2 through 1.5.5-4

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.

Recommendations For versions 1.5.5-2 through 1.5.5-4, consider restricting access to the /tmp directory to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1444

Affected Products

Txt2Man

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1444 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614 · Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/97769 · Note