CVE-2009-5080
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5080
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5080.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5080
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2011-06-30T15:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:41:07.010278Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
- 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