CVE-2002-0044

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.

GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2002-01-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:30:00

Affected Software

GNU Enscript

Debian Debian Linux 2.2

2.2

Red Hat Linux 6.0

6.0

Red Hat Linux 6.1

6.1

Red Hat Linux 6.2

6.2

Red Hat Linux 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Linux 7.1

7.1

Red Hat Linux 7.2

7.2

References

DSA-105

MDKSA-2002:010

RHSA-2002:012

HPSBTL0201-019

3920

gnu-enscript-tmpfile-symlink(7932)

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