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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-GROFF-399809
- published 30 Jun 2011
- disclosed 30 Jun 2011
Introduced: 30 Jun 2011
CVE-2009-5080 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 groff.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream groff package and not the groff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-5080
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5080
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1;r2=1.2;f=h
- 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h