Symlink Attack Vulnerability in Groffer Script

CVE-2004-0969 · LOW Severity

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

The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

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