UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5080
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080
Upstream
Published
2011-06-30T15:55:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:44:51Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/groff@1.22.2-5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22.2-3
1.22.2-4
1.22.2-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.22.2-5",
            "binary_name": "groff"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.22.2-5",
            "binary_name": "groff-base"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/groff@1.22.3-7?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22.3-1
1.22.3-2
1.22.3-4
1.22.3-5
1.22.3-6
1.22.3-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.22.3-7",
            "binary_name": "groff"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.22.3-7",
            "binary_name": "groff-base"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / groff

Package

Name
groff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/groff@1.22.3-10?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22.3-9
1.22.3-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.22.3-10",
            "binary_name": "groff"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.22.3-10",
            "binary_name": "groff-base"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json"