CVE-2012-2120

NameCVE-2012-2120
Descriptionlatex2man 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs668779

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
texlive-extra (PTS)buster2018.20190227-2fixed
bullseye2020.20210202-3fixed
bookworm2022.20230122-4fixed
sid, trixie2023.20240207-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
texlive-extrasourcesqueeze2009-10+squeeze1
texlive-extrasource(unstable)2012.20130315-1low668779

Notes

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

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