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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:24:54.079Z

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

Link: CVE-2009-5081

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-30T15:55:01.770

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:11:08.397

Link: CVE-2009-5081

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2009-5081 - Bugzilla