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CVE-2004-0968

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0968 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the catchsegv script within glibc versions 2.3.2 and earlier, impacting various GNU and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. This flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a low severity issue with local access required and only partial impact to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: glibc-0:2.3.2-95.30
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0968Low

security flaw

Sep 30, 2004

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200410-19.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17583
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9523
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-4-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-636
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-586.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-261.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11286
PatchVendor Advisory
trustix.org / errata/2004/0050