CVE-2001-1593

Name	CVE-2001-1593
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2892-1
Debian Bugs	737385

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
a2ps (PTS)	bullseye	1:4.14-7	fixed
	bookworm	1:4.14-8	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:4.15.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
a2ps	source	squeeze	1:4.14-1.1+deb6u1		DSA-2892-1
a2ps	source	wheezy	1:4.14-1.1+deb7u1		DSA-2892-1
a2ps	source	(unstable)	1:4.14-1.2	low		737385