CVE-2009-5079

Public PoC / Exploit

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Products (16)

gnu · groffvulnerable

References (12)

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

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5

Patch

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

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

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5

Patch

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086