{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2001-1593","details":"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file accessible to the user running a2ps.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:30:37.082655Z","published":"2014-04-05T21:55:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:37Z","upstream":["CVE-2001-1593"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2001-1593"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1593"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"a2ps","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/a2ps@1:4.14-1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.14-1.2"}]}],"versions":["1:4.14-1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"a2ps","binary_version":"1:4.14-1.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2001/UBUNTU-CVE-2001-1593.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}