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CVE-2005-3885 (GCVE-0-2005-3885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-11-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:24
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Summary
The ps2epsi extension shell script (ps2epsi.sh) in Inkscape before 0.41 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmpepsifile.epsi temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=321501 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/17882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/16343 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://usn.ubuntu.com/223-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/17886 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-916 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14522 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2005-08-09 00:00
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