CVE-2004-0968

medium

Description

The catchsegv script in glibc 2.3.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9523

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11286

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-261.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-586.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-636

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-19.xml

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136318

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-02-09

Updated: 2017-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium