DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5078

    Published: 30 Jun 2011Last Modified: 17 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-5078

    Summary:

    Details: contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5078

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: groff

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.20.1-5

    Affected versions

    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