Vulnerability CVE-2004-0972
Published: 2005-02-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The lvmcreate_initrd script in the lvm 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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
LVM -> Logical volume management utilities 
Gentoo -> Linux 

 References:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136308
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-232.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11290
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10632
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