CVE-2004-0967

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript: 4.3, 4.3.2, 5.10.10, 5.10.10_1, 5.10.12cl, 5.10.15 (+12)

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136321
http://secunia.com/advisories/16997
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
http://secunia.com/advisories/19799
http://secunia.com/advisories/20056
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-081.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11285
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10284

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