Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0969
The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux
- GNU Groff — versions 1.19
- Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.1
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 (vdb-entry)
- wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11287 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18764 (third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi