PT-2004-1985 · Gnu · Groff

Mark J. Cox · Published 2004-10-20 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0969

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Groff package versions 1.18 and later

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by the groffer script. This is a problem in the Groff package, which is used in various operating systems, including Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1.

Recommendations: For Groff package versions 1.18 and later, consider restricting access to the groffer script until a fix is available, or apply configuration changes to prevent the creation of temporary files that can be targeted by a symlink attack.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0969

Affected Products

Groff

References · 11

• http://trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0969 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0969 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0969 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0969 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136313 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18764 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 · Note