Upstream information

CVE-2004-1296 at MITRE

Description

The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 703665 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 groff Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 groff Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 groff Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 groff Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS groff Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS groff Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 groff Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS groff Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS groff Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 groff Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS groff Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 groff Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS groff Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jun 12 01:07:08 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 17:11:06 2024