National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0996
Original release date:01/10/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (04/09/2009)
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Not vulnerable. cscope packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 contain a backported patch since their first release.
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External Source: BID
Name: 11697
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-610
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: cscope-tmp-race-condition(18125)
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20041117 RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200412-11
External Source: BID
Name: 25159
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2732
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26235
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20041124 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20041122-09] cscope insecure temp file creation vulnerability
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2007-07-31
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172