CVE-2009-5081
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 30, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 30, 2011
Description
The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)mailing-list
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
- MDVSA-2013:086vendor-advisory
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