CVE-2004-0966

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) autopoint and (2) gettextize scripts in the GNU gettext package 1.14 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

GNU Gettext: 0.14.1
Ubuntu Linux: 4.1

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136323
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382652226638&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-10.xml
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11282
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:051
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-5-1/
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136323
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382652226638&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-10.xml

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