Symlink Attack Vulnerability in ESP Ghostscript Package

CVE-2004-0967 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

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