debian · CVE-2001-1593

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:58:41 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2001-1593 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (a2ps), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

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