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    CVE-2009-5080

    The (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.

    Published:Aug 14, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jun 30, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.00139
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Groff

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2009-5079 (CVSS 3.3) — The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka gro…
    CVE-2009-5082 (CVSS 3.3) — The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (aka Ow…
    CVE-2009-5081 (CVSS 3.3) — The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GN…
    CVE-2009-5078 (CVSS 6.5) — contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -…
    CVE-2009-5044 (CVSS 3.3) — contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary file…
    CVE-2004-1296 (CVSS 2.1) — The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via…
    CVE-2004-0969 (CVSS 2.1) — The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2…
    CVE-2002-0003 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via l…
    CVE-2001-1022 (CVSS 7.5) — Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows …
    CVE-2000-0803 (CVSS 10) — GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which allows a local user to g…

    References

    http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
    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
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
    http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
    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
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High