Link following in txt2man - CVE-2013-1444

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Link following in txt2man - CVE-2013-1444

Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42512
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1444
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: mvertes (Marc Vertes)
Affected software:
txt2man

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-1444

Install update from vendor's website.

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