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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-06-30T15:26:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:24:54.070Z

Reserved: 2011-06-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-5080

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-30T15:55:01.723

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:11:08.260

Link: CVE-2009-5080

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-5080 - Bugzilla