CVE-2004-0968 (GCVE-0-2004-0968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-10-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:38
VLAI?
Summary
The catchsegv script in glibc 2.3.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-636 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-261.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11286 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-19.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-586.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public ?
2004-09-30 00:00
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