CVE-2004-1382 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2004-1382?

CVE-2004-1382 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 6 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The glibcbug script in glibc 2.3.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0968.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1382?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnu Glibc.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1382?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2004-1382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1382, GHSA-rmvw-6cmx-qgfg.