CVE-2004-0972

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 lvmcreate_initrd script in the lvm package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: all versions
Lvm Logical Volume Management Utilities: 1.0.1, 1.0.4, 1.0.7, 1.0.8

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136308
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-232.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11290
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%3A10632
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136308
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-232.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11290
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%3A10632

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