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CVE-2004-0996

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-12-07	cscope -- symlink attack vulnerability

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CVE-2004-0996 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2004-0996
Phase	Assigned(20041102)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20041117 RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.
BUGTRAQ	20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.
BUGTRAQ	20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.
BUGTRAQ	20041124 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20041122-09] cscope insecure temp file creation vulnerability
CONFIRM	http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
APPLE	APPLE-SA-2007-07-31
DEBIAN	DSA-610
GENTOO	GLSA-200412-11
BID	11697
BID	25159
VUPEN	ADV-2007-2732
SECUNIA	26235
XF	cscope-tmp-race-condition(18125)