CVE-2004-0972: Gentoo Linux

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

The lvmcreate_initrd script in the lvm 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

• Gentoo Linux: any version
• Lvm Logical Volume Management Utilities: version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.4 only; version 1.0.7 only; version 1.0.8 only

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