CVE-2013-1444 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2013-09-30

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:debian:txt2man:1.5.5-2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:txt2man:1.5.5-4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:marc_vertes:txt2man:1.5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-1481	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-1979-1	txt2man vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Txt2man

Marc Vertes Txt2man

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2013-09-30T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:04:48.725Z

Reserved: 2013-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1444

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-30T22:55:04.587

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1444

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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