DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5079
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079
Upstream
Published
2011-06-30T15:55:01.677Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:19:02.773939Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079.json"

Debian:12 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079.json"

Debian:13 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079.json"

Debian:14 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079.json"