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CVE-2009-5082

Published: Jun 30, 2011

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

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Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

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[oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

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http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h

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http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff

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