CVE-2004-1808

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Extcompose in metamail does not verify the output file before writing to it, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Find out more about CVE-2004-1808 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 but due to the low severity will not be fixed. metamail was not shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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