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CVSSv2

CVE-2009-5082

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) 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.

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gnu groff 1.20.1

References

CWE-59http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffhttp://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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