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CVE details

CVE-2009-5078

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.

Score
6.5 medium
Published
2011-06-30
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
japanese/groffja-groff1.18.1_19unaddressedhrs@FreeBSD.org

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Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>ja-groff</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21
	launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which
	allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete
	arbitrary files via a crafted document.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2009-5078</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5078</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2011-06-30</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>