CVE-2004-1000

EPSS 0.07%

lintian - insecure temporary directory

Published: 1/10/2004Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1000

Description

lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/lintianfrom 0, < 1.23.6
Debian/lintianfrom 0, < 1.20.17.1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1000