CVE-2009-5081
First published: Thu Jun 30 2011(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU Groff | <=1.21 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.16.1 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.16 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.19.2 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.18.1 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.11a | |
| GNU Groff | =1.19.1 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.20 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.19 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.20.1 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.14 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.17.2 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.10 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.17.1 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.11 | |
| GNU Groff | =1.15 |
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Reference Links
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1;r2=1.2;f=h
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
- http://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
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- vendor/gnu
- canonical/gnu groff
- version/gnu groff/1.21
- version/gnu groff/1.16.1
- version/gnu groff/1.16
- version/gnu groff/1.19.2
- version/gnu groff/1.18.1
- version/gnu groff/1.11a
- version/gnu groff/1.19.1
- version/gnu groff/1.20
- version/gnu groff/1.19
- version/gnu groff/1.20.1
- version/gnu groff/1.14
- version/gnu groff/1.17.2
- version/gnu groff/1.10
- version/gnu groff/1.17.1
- version/gnu groff/1.11
- version/gnu groff/1.15