Hello, Jakub Wilk found that a2ps, a tool to convert text and other types of files to PostScript, insecurely used a temporary file in spy_user(). A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running a2ps:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385 The original report notes there are calls to tempname_ensure(). If any of those are found to be vulnerable, would they use the same CVE number, or require a different one? References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630 Thanks, -- Murray McAllister / Red Hat Security Response Team -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
