CVE-2012-2120

Published: May 18, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

3.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Debian: Texlive Extra Utils

Debian

1 product

Texlive Extra Utils

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Texlive Extra Utils	Version 2011.20120322

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (6)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668779

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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