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CVE-2009-5080

Disclosure Date: June 30, 2011 •
CVE-2009-5080
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Description

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.

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Vendors

  • gnu

Products

  • groff,
  • groff 1.10,
  • groff 1.11,
  • groff 1.11a,
  • groff 1.14,
  • groff 1.15,
  • groff 1.16,
  • groff 1.16.1,
  • groff 1.17.1,
  • groff 1.17.2,
  • groff 1.18.1,
  • groff 1.19,
  • groff 1.19.1,
  • groff 1.19.2,
  • groff 1.20,
  • groff 1.20.1
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