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Description
latex2man 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.
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References 3 Total
- openwall.com: [oss-security] 20120419 CVE request: latex2man / texlive mailing-listx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779 x_transferred
- openwall.com: [oss-security] 20120419 Re: CVE request: latex2man / texlive mailing-listx_transferred