CVE-2004-0969

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    CVE-2004-0969

    Published: 9 Feb 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/18764, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11287, http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11287, http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136313, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High