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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0996 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (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.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0996
NVD Published Date:
01/10/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE