CVE-2004-0966

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0966
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-02-09 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) autopoint and (2) gettextize scripts in the GNU gettext package 1.14 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gettext 0.14.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gettext 0.14.1 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2004-0050 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
usn/usn-5-1 - Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
136323 – CAN-2004-0966 temporary file vulnerabilities in various gettext scripts. CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[FLSA-2006:136323] Updated gettext package fixes security issues FEDORA www.redhat.com
GNU GetText Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRIVA wwwnew.mandriva.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.055] OpenPKG Security Advisory (gettext)' - MARC OPENPKG marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- gettext: Insecure temporary file handling GENTOO www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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