CVE-2001-0906 Information

Description

teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.

Reference

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785