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HistorySep 25, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2013-1444

2013-09-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
9

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

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.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
seth-arnold “echo $post > /tmp/2222” – looks like unsafe quoting, too.
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu12.04noarchtxt2man< 1.5.5-4ubuntu0.12.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.10noarchtxt2man< 1.5.5-4ubuntu0.12.10.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu13.04noarchtxt2man< 1.5.5-4ubuntu0.13.04.1UNKNOWN

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%