Vulnerability in Gnu Gettext
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Gettext — versions 0.14.1
- Ubuntu Ubuntu_linux — versions 4.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_OPENPKG)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)