CVE-2001-1593

Publication date 5 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Jakub Wilk found that a2ps, a tool to convert text and other types of files to PostScript, insecurely used a temporary file in spy_user(). A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running a2ps.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
a2ps 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:4.14-1.1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
a2ps