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CVE-2009-5081
published 2011-06-30

CVE-2009-5081: 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…

low3.3CVSS 3.1
AVLACMAuNCNIPAP
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.

Affected

21 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiangroff< groff 1.20.1-5 (bookworm)groff 1.20.1-5 (bookworm)
gnugroff<= 1.21
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff
gnugroff>= 0 < 1.20.1-51.20.1-5
gnugroff>= 0 < 1.20.1-51.20.1-5
gnugroff>= 0 < 1.20.1-51.20.1-5
gnugroff>= 0 < 1.20.1-51.20.1-5

CVSS provenance

nvd3.3LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
osv2.1LOW