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Bug#668779: /usr/bin/latex2man: latex2man: predictable /tmp filenames



Package: texlive-extra-utils
Version: 2011.20120322-1
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/latex2man
Tags: security

The latex2man utility generates predictable filenames in /tmp:

| $tmp = "/tmp/$CMD.$$";

For the issue to be exploitable the program must be invoked with either
the -H or the -T option. An attacker can use a symbolic link to redirect
the writes to an arbitrary file owned by the invoking user.

Helmut



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