CVE-2009-5082

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-5082
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) 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.

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 1.20.1 All All All
Operating System Openwall Owl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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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