DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5082

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5082
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5082.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5082
Upstream
Published
2011-06-30T15:55:01Z
Modified
2026-09-17T06:47:42Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:12 / groff

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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-2009-5082.json"

Debian:13 / groff

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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-2009-5082.json"

Debian:14 / groff

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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-2009-5082.json"