CVE-2004-0968 Affecting glibc package, versions [2.0,2.3.10]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GLIBC-2319027
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Feb 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Feb 2005

CVE-2004-0968  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for glibc.

Overview

The catchsegv script in glibc 2.3.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

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