CVE-2009-5080

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-5080
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-06-30 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Groff 1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.11 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.11a All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.16.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.17.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.17.2 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.18.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.19.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.19.2 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.20.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:085 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff - diff - 1.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvsweb.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:086 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVS log for Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvsweb.openwall.com Patch
Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff - diff - 1.2 MITRE cvsweb.openwall.com
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