FKIE_CVE-2009-5080

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-06-30 15:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://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
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu groff *
gnu groff 1.10
gnu groff 1.11
gnu groff 1.11a
gnu groff 1.14
gnu groff 1.15
gnu groff 1.16
gnu groff 1.16.1
gnu groff 1.17.1
gnu groff 1.17.2
gnu groff 1.18.1
gnu groff 1.19
gnu groff 1.19.1
gnu groff 1.19.2
gnu groff 1.20
gnu groff 1.20.1
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