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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2004-0967 json

The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 thro…

published 2004-10-20 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0965

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript RHEL 3 7.05-32.1.10
  • hpijs RHEL 3 1.3-32.1.10

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:081

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0967 updated

temporary file vulnerabilities in various ghostscript scripts.

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.10, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.10, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.10, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 hpijs 1.3-32.1.10, ghostscript 7.05-32.1.10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:081

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Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.