CVE-2004-0256: GNU Libtool

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GNU libtool before 1.5.2, during compile time, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on libtool directories in /tmp.

Affected products

• GNU Libtool: version 1.0 only; version 1.1 only; version 1.2 only; version 1.3 only; version 1.3.2 only; version 1.3.3 only; …

Published 2004-11-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.