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CVE-2009-5081

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
30/06/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.30
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.21 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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