FKIE_CVE-2009-5081

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-06-30 15:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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-2013:086
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-2013:086
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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