CVE-2002-0044: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 2.2 only
• GNU Enscript: up to and including 1.6.1
• Red Hat Linux: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 6.2 only; version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only

Published 2002-01-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.