CVE-2004-0996 - Antitussive Loadedgun

Description

main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125