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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-1593 · published 5 April 2014

CVE-2001-1593: Gnu a2ps link following vulnerability

Gnu · A2ps

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.

2.1 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.40% · top 68.3% CWE-59 · Link following
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-1593), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.