Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lvm (MDKSA-2004:144)

The Trustix developers discovered that the lvmcreateinitrd script, part of the lvm1 package, created a temporary directory in an insecure manner. This could allow for a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the script. The updated packages...

CVE-2004-0972

CVE-2004-0972 concerns the lvmcreate_initrd helper in the Trustix/ lvm package (lvm1) where a temporary-directory creation flaw enables a local attacker to perform a symlink-based overwrite of arbitrary files. The described root cause is insecure handling of temporary files by the script, allowin...

CVE-2004-0972

The lvmcreateinitrd script in the lvm package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files...