cve-2009-5082
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-06-30 15:26
Modified
2024-09-16 20:22
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (aka Owl) improperly create temporary files upon a failure of the mktemp function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a 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/2009/08/14/4Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5Patch
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/2009/08/14/4Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5Patch
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