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CVE-2009-5080

CVE-2009-5080

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diffhttp://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=hhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086