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title: "CVE-2004-0975\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-0975

Publication date 9 February 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The der\_chop script in the openssl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
through 2.1 and other operating systems allows local users to overwrite
files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openssl | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.9.8b-2ubuntu2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 0.9.8b-2ubuntu2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.9.8a-7ubuntu0.3 |
| openssl097 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 0.9.7k-3 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 0.9.7k-3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.9.7g-5ubuntu1.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0975)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0975)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-0975)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0975)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-24-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-24-1)
+ openssl script vulnerability
+ 12 November 2004

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0975>