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    CVE-2009-5081

    The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.

    Published:Aug 14, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jun 30, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.00114
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Groff

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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