CVE-2009-5081
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5081
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5081.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5081
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2011-06-30T15:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.
- References
-
- 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