CVE catalog
CVE-2013-1444
txt2man: CVE-2013-1444
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.34% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | txt2man | sid | 1.7.1-5 | fixed |
| Debian | txt2man | forky | 1.7.1-5 | fixed |
| Debian | txt2man | trixie | 1.7.1-5 | fixed |
| Debian | txt2man | bookworm | 1.7.1-4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | txt2man | source | sid | 1.5.5-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [724614] |
| Debian | txt2man | source | forky | 1.5.5-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [724614] |
| Debian | txt2man | source | trixie | 1.5.5-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [724614] |
| Debian | txt2man | source | bookworm | 1.5.5-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [724614] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [txt2man]Fixed
Details (2)
1.7.1-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.5.5-4.1dsa · txt2man · debian · bookworm; dsa · txt2man · debian · 12
1.7.1-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.5.5-4.1dsa · txt2man · debian · bookworm; dsa · txt2man · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [txt2man]Fixed
Details (2)
1.7.1-5· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.5.5-4.1dsa · txt2man · debian · 13
1.7.1-5· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.5.5-4.1dsa · txt2man · debian · 13
Observed: