CVE-2001-1593
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2001-1570)
- Published
- April 5, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2001-1570 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / a2ps
- gnu / a2ps
- gnu / a2ps
- gnu / a2ps
- gnu / a2ps
- gnu / a2ps
References
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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