National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0996

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):

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Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/09/2009)

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

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-610

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610

External Source: XF

Name: cscope-tmp-race-condition(18125)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18125

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20041117 RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200412-11

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml

External Source: BID

Name: 25159

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2732

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2732

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26235

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26235

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20041124 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20041122-09] cscope insecure temp file creation vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-07-31

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172