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CVE-2004-1377: gnu a2ps

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1377
Published 19-01-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1377 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in gnu a2ps. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10086-1

Timeline

  1. 19-01-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Turbolinux2 products
Debian1 product
  • a2ps< 1:4.13b-4.3
Gnu1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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