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CVE details

CVE-2009-5081

The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.

Score
3.3 low
Published
2011-06-30
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (1)

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

Template for a VuXML entry

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>The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3)
	contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21
	and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template
	argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local
	users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary
	file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2009-5081</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5081</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2011-06-30</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>