Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack in krb5-send-pr Script

CVE-2004-0971 · LOW Severity

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

The krb5-send-pr script in the kerberos5 (krb5) package 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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