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title: "CVE-2001-1593\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2001-1593

Publication date 5 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Jakub Wilk found that a2ps, a tool to convert text and other types of
files to PostScript, insecurely used a temporary file in spy\_user(). A
local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to
modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running a2ps.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| a2ps | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:4.14-1.1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2001-1593?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| a2ps | * Fedora:   <http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-1593)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1593)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2001-1593)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2001-1593)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1593>