CVE-2004-0969

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

09/02/2005

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1::ia64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1::ppc:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1::ia64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1::ppc:::::

CVE-2004-0969

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools