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The (1) post and (2) trigger scripts in sysstat 4.0.7 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0108.
- Products
- sysstat
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.0.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-0107
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The (1) post and (2) trigger scripts in sysstat 4.0.7 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0108.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0107
sysstat
Fixed versions: 5.0.2-1
sysstat
Fixed versions: 5.0.2-1
sysstat
Fixed versions: 5.0.2-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:28.399626489Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 393906,
"published_at": "2004-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
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