CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-5044
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.4)
• gnu groff (<= 1.20.1)
• gnu groff 1.10
• gnu groff 1.11
• gnu groff 1.11a
• gnu groff 1.14
• gnu groff 1.15
• gnu groff 1.16
• gnu groff 1.16.1
• gnu groff 1.17.1
• gnu groff 1.17.2
• gnu groff 1.18.1
• gnu groff 1.19
• gnu groff 1.19.1
• gnu groff 1.19.2
• gnu groff 1.20
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538330 bugs.debian.org
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff Patch
- 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 cvsweb.openwall.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5 openwall.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44999 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381 www.securityfocus.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 support.apple.com
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz Patch
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538330 bugs.debian.org
- http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff Patch
- 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 cvsweb.openwall.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4 openwall.com
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5 openwall.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44999 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381 www.securityfocus.com
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 support.apple.com