Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2004-0969

Description

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.

Affected products

GNU/Groff
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gentoo/Linux
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Ubuntu/Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-15.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/11287nvdPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
secunia.com/advisories/18764nvd
www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050nvd
wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583nvd

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.000
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000