| Name | CVE-2013-1444 |
| Description | 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. |
| 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 | 724614 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| txt2man (PTS) | buster | 1.6.0-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.7.1-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.7.1-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| txt2man | source | (unstable) | 1.5.5-4.1 | 724614 |
[wheezy] - txt2man <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - txt2man <no-dsa> (Minor issue)