CVE-2004-0969

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-02-09

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Linux (Gentoo)
• Groff (Gnu)
• Ubuntu Linux (Ubuntu)

References

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136313
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18764
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11287
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583