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CVE-2012-2120
Published: May 18, 2012
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
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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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20120419 CVE request: latex2man / texlive
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779
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[oss-security] 20120419 Re: CVE request: latex2man / texlive
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