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3.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-5079

Published: 30/06/2011 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.3 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 294
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and previous versions allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file.

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gnu groff

gnu groff 1.16.1

gnu groff 1.16

gnu groff 1.19.2

gnu groff 1.18.1

gnu groff 1.11a

gnu groff 1.19.1

gnu groff 1.20

gnu groff 1.19

gnu groff 1.20.1

gnu groff 1.14

gnu groff 1.17.2

gnu groff 1.10

gnu groff 1.17.1

gnu groff 1.11

gnu groff 1.15

References

CWE-59http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=hhttps://nvd.nist.gov
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