Vulnerability CVE-2013-1444


Published: 2013-09-30   Modified: 2013-10-01

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-59

(Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Marc vertes -> Txt2man 
Debian -> Txt2man 

 References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660
http://osvdb.org/97769
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614

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