CVE-2004-0969 (GCVE-0-2004-0969)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-10-20 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 00:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
References
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11287 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://secunia.com/advisories/18764 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136313 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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