Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2013-1444 First vendor Publication 2013-09-30
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2013-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 3.3 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1444

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19077
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19077
Title: USN-1979-1 -- txt2man vulnerability
Description: txt2man could be made to overwrite files.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1979-1
CVE-2013-1444
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): txt2man
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-10-01 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1979-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614
MLIST http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/97769
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1

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2021-05-04 12:24:19
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2013-10-11 13:25:43
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2013-10-01 21:20:18
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2013-10-01 17:19:28
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