CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-0967

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can overwrite arbitrary files accessible to them, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data corruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the ESP Ghostscript package to a version that fixes temporary file handling, or apply temporary mitigations such as restricting permissions on temporary directories.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS