CVE-2009-5081

CWE-59CWE-3778 documents7 sources
Severity
3.3LOW
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU Groff
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangroff< 1.20.1-5+3
▶NVDgnu/groff1.21+15

Patches

Patch: cvsweb.openwall.com ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8mmw-rg27-gmpp: The (1) config↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2009-5081: The (1) config↗2011-06-30
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OSV
CVE-2009-5081: The (1) config↗2011-06-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
groff: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use easy-to-guess temporary file names↗2009-08-14
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Debian
CVE-2009-5081: groff - The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groff...↗2009
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-5080 CVE-2009-5081 groff various flaws [fedora-all]↗2011-07-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2009-5081 groff: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use easy-to-guess temporary file names↗2011-07-08
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CVE-2009-5081 (LOW CVSS 3.3) | The (1) config.guess | cvebase.io