CVE-2004-0996

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2004-0996 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. cscope packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 contain a backported patch since their first release.

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