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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-01-19 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3f46cf09412af45cd56f2b4284dd6434bb9408684e784b3267dad7c5f7b77ba1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200501-02http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml
- www.securityfocus.com12109http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109
- www.vuxml.orghttp://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html
- www.securityfocus.com12108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnu-a2ps-fixpsin-symlink(18671)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnu-a2ps-psmanupin-symlink(18672)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672
- secunia.com13641http://secunia.com/advisories/13641
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- a2ps Fixed in 1:4.13b-4.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- a2ps Fixed in 1:4.13b-4.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- a2ps Fixed in 1:4.13b-4.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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