CVE-2004-0971: Mit Kerberos 5

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

The krb5-send-pr script in the kerberos5 (krb5) 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.

Affected products

• Mit Kerberos 5: version 1.3.4 only

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