CVE-2004-0851

Name	CVE-2004-0851
Description	The (1) write_list and (2) dump_curr_list functions in Net-Acct before 0.71 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-559-1
NVD severity	low

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
net-acct (PTS)	stretch	0.71-9	fixed
	bookworm, sid, buster, bullseye	0.71-9.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
net-acct	source	woody	0.71-5woody1		DSA-559-1
net-acct	source	(unstable)	0.71-7