VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-1444
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- debian/txt2man · marc vertes/txt2man
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614
- http://osvdb.org/97769
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614
- http://osvdb.org/97769
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.