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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-GROFF-1939110
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 14 Aug 2009
Introduced: 14 Aug 2009
CVE-2009-5080 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6
groff
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream groff
package and not the groff
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:6
relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- 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;r2=1.2;f=h
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5080
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
- 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