CVE-2009-5081: Gnu Groff vulnerability
Gnu · Groff
Vendor fix available · Affected: Gnu Groff · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
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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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-59cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisorymandriva.com
- cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20cvsweb.openwall.com
- cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20cvsweb.openwall.com
- Mailing listopenwall.com
- Mailing listopenwall.com