CVE-2004-1296 Affecting groff package, versions <1.18.1.1-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GROFF-523310
  • published31 Dec 2004
  • disclosed31 Dec 2004

Introduced: 31 Dec 2004

CVE-2004-1296  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 groff to version 1.18.1.1-5 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 (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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1