CVE-2013-1444

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Published 2013-09-30 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

3.3

VIR risk

3.3

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1444

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.5.5-4.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.5.5-4.1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.5.5-4.1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.5.5-4.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.5.5-4.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
debian	txt2man	`1.5.5-2`
debian	txt2man	`1.5.5-4`
marc_vertes	txt2man	`1.5.5`

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614
http://osvdb.org/97769
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1444

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.