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CVE-2009-5078
Published: Jun 30, 2011
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20090809 CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)
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[oss-security] 20090810 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
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36381
vdb-entry
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APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2
vendor-advisory
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
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