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CVE-2004-0968

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

Affected products

• GNU C Library (glibc): 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+20)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

References

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136318
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-19.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-636
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-586.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-261.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11286
• 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%3A9523
• https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4-1/
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136318
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-19.xml

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