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GNU a2ps Two Scripts Insecure Temporary File Creation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13641
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Release Date:
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2004-12-27
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Last Update:
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2005-01-19
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | GNU a2ps 4.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1377 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña has reported two vulnerabilities in GNU a2ps, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the fixps.in and psmandup.in scripts creating temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running a vulnerable script.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 4.13b. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Don't use the two vulnerable scripts.
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Changelog:
2005-01-19: Added CVE reference.
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. GNU a2ps Command Injection Vulnerability
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