VDB
CVE-2009-5081
CVE-2009-5081
PUBLISHED
CVSS 3.299999952316284 LOW
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.
EPSS 0.30% · 20.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
3.299999952316284
EPSS Score
0.30%
20.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| gnu | groff | 0, 1.10, 1.11 |
Timeline
- Jun 30, 2011 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff) mailing-list
- 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 url
- MDVSA-2013:086 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff) mailing-list
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5081 advisory
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1;r2=1.2;f=h url