VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0966
The (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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The (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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/gettext · ubuntu/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136323
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382652226638&w=2
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-10.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11282Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-5-1/
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136323
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382652226638&w=2
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-10.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11282Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
- http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-5-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.