cve-2004-1296
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-12-31 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 00:46
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286371
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286372
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358225615424&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18660
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286371
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286372
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358225615424&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18660
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