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CVE-2009-5081
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 3.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 4.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- 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://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.d