CVE-2004-0969 Affecting groff package, versions <1.18.1.1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GROFF-522288
  • published9 Feb 2005
  • disclosed9 Feb 2005

Introduced: 9 Feb 2005

CVE-2004-0969  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 groff to version 1.18.1.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream groff package and not the groff package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

CVSS Base Scores

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