PT-2004-1989 · Openssl+2 · Openssl+2

Published 2004-09-30 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2004-0975

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: Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1

Description: The issue concerns the der chop script in the openssl package, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Recommendations: For Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1, consider restricting access to the der chop script until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the der chop script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0975

DSA-603-1

RHSA-2005:476

RHSA-2005_476

Affected Products

Openssl

Red Hat

Trustix Secure Linux

References · 18

• http://trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11293 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0975 · Security Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0975 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0975 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-603 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0975 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A164 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-0109.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12973 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-476.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10621 · Note