CVE-2004-0996

Name	CVE-2004-0996
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-610-1
Debian Bugs	282815

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
cscope (PTS)	bookworm, buster, bullseye, sid	15.9-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
cscope	source	woody	15.3-1woody2		DSA-610-1
cscope	source	(unstable)	15.5-1.1			282815

Patch in debian bts from ubuntu is good. All other patches are crap.