CVE-2009-5078
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5078
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5078.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5078
- Published
- 2011-06-30T15:55:01Z
- Modified
- 2024-11-21T01:11:07Z
- Severity
-
- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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
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- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5078
Affected packages
Debian:11 / groff
Package
- Name
- groff
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source
Debian:12 / groff
Package
- Name
- groff
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source
Debian:13 / groff
Package
- Name
- groff
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source