cve-2009-5079
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-06-30 15:26
Modified
2024-08-07 07:24
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://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
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
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