CVE-2004-0972 in Logical Volume Management Utilities

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 10/19/2004
• Disclosure: 02/09/2005
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-23934 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-61 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.0
• EPSS: 0.00080
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0972
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0972
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2004-0972/