CVE-2009-5080

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5080
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5080.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5080
Related
Published
2011-06-30T15:55:01Z
Modified
2025-04-11T00:51:21Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.1-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}