CVE-2004-0966: GNU Gettext

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) autopoint and (2) gettextize scripts in the GNU gettext package 1.14 and later versions, as used 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.

Affected products

  • GNU Gettext: version 0.14.1 only
  • Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 4.1 only

Published 2005-02-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.