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FKIE_CVE-2004-0996

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-01-10 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:06
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26235
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cscope cscope 13.0
cscope cscope 15.1
cscope cscope 15.3
cscope cscope 15.4
cscope cscope 15.5
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.0
gentoo linux *
sco unixware 7.1.1
sco unixware 7.1.3
sco unixware 7.1.4
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