CVE-2004-0976

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

Multiple scripts in the perl package 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

Larry Wall Perl: 5.6, 5.6.1, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.3

References

http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17661
http://secunia.com/advisories/18075
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11294
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%3A9752
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml

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