CVE-2004-1377 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00072.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
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Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_home::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:8.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1374	The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13641
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-01-19T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.505Z

Reserved: 2005-01-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1377

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-27T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-1377

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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