Vulnerability in GNU A2ps
CVE-2004-1377
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU A2ps — versions 4.13, 4.13b
- Turbolinux Home
- Turbolinux Server — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Turbolinux Workstation — versions 7.0, 8.0
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/13641 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)