CVE-2004-0971 (GCVE-0-2004-0971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-10-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The krb5-send-pr script in the kerberos5 (krb5) package 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11289 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20041… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-012.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2004-09-30 00:00
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