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CVE-2004-0966

CVE information

Published

19 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gettext:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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