CVE-2009-5080

Impact

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.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
• 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
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
• http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
• 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
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086