Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-2120

Description

latex2man in texlive-extra-utils 2011.20120322, and possibly other versions or packages, when used with the H or T option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

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Affected products

Texlive Extra Utils/latex2manllm-create
Range: = 2011.20120322
Debian/Texlive Extra Utils
cpe:2.3:a:debian:texlive-extra-utils:2011.20120322:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/12nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/15nvd

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