CVE-2012-2120

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions texlive-extra-utils version 2011.20120322

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file when latex2man is used with the H or T option.

Recommendations For texlive-extra-utils version 2011.20120322, consider avoiding the use of the H or T option with latex2man until a fix is available, or apply any available configuration changes that restrict access to temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.