Vulnerability Details 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 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 31.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 3.3
References
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
- 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
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
- 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
- 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
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
Products affected by CVE-2009-5081
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:-
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11a
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.15
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.18.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20.1