CVE-2009-5082
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5082
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5082.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5082
- Downstream
- Published
- 2011-06-30T15:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:41:04.401013Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- 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