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CVE-2009-5080

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.

  • Published: Jun 30, 2011
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2009-5080
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.3
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / groff - 1.21.x
gnu / groff 1.16.1 1.16.1.x
gnu / groff 1.16 1.16.x
gnu / groff 1.19.2 1.19.2.x
gnu / groff 1.18.1 1.18.1.x
gnu / groff 1.11a 1.11a.x
gnu / groff 1.19.1 1.19.1.x
gnu / groff 1.20 1.20.x
gnu / groff 1.19 1.19.x
gnu / groff 1.20.1 1.20.1.x
gnu / groff 1.14 1.14.x
gnu / groff 1.17.2 1.17.2.x
gnu / groff 1.10 1.10.x
gnu / groff 1.17.1 1.17.1.x
gnu / groff 1.11 1.11.x
gnu / groff 1.15 1.15.x