CVE-2004-0969 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2004-10-20

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	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:::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0967	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-13-1	groff utility vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux

Gnu Groff

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-10-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:38:59.628Z

Reserved: 2004-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0969

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0969

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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