CVE-2009-5080 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2009-5080 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.12% · 30.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.12%

30.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	groff	1.22.3-10, 1.22.3-9, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	groff	1.22.3-2, 1.22.3-4, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	groff	1.22.2-3, 0, 1.22.2-5

Timeline

Jun 30, 2011 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5080 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5080 third-party-advisory

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