CVE-2012-2120

Name	CVE-2012-2120
Description	latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite 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)
Debian Bugs	668779

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
texlive-extra (PTS)	bullseye	2020.20210202-3	fixed
	bookworm	2022.20230122-4	fixed
	sid, trixie	2024.20241115-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
texlive-extra	source	squeeze	2009-10+squeeze1
texlive-extra	source	(unstable)	2012.20130315-1	low		668779

[wheezy] - texlive-extra <no-dsa> (Minor issue)