CVE-2005-3126

Publication date 31 December 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
antiword 7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.35-2sarge1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 0.35-2sarge1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.35-2sarge1