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a2ps — security advisory
The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
- Products
- a2ps
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:4.14-1.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2001-1593
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2001-1593
a2ps
Fixed versions: 1:4.14-1.2
a2ps
Fixed versions: 1:4.14-1.2
a2ps
Fixed versions: 1:4.14-1.2
Complete source record
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