| Name | CVE-2013-4472 |
| Description | The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| poppler (PTS) | buster | 0.71.0-5 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 0.71.0-5+deb10u2 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie, sid, bookworm | 22.12.0-2 | vulnerable | |
| xpdf (PTS) | buster | 3.04-13 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.04+git20210103-3 | vulnerable | |
| trixie, sid, bookworm | 3.04+git20220601-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| poppler | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | ||
| xpdf | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
specific to non-*NIX systems