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FreeBSD Ports: ja-groff
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: ja-groff CVE-2004-1296 The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286371 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286372 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/01bb84e2-bd88-11d9-a281-02e018374e71.html