CVE-2009-5044 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 14 years ago

2011-06-24 20:55:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2016-03-30 21:36:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

GNU Groff 1.10

1.10

GNU Groff 1.11

1.11

GNU Groff 1.11a

1.11a

GNU Groff 1.14

1.14

GNU Groff 1.15

1.15

GNU Groff 1.16

1.16

GNU Groff 1.16.1

1.16.1

GNU Groff 1.18.1

1.18.1

GNU Groff 1.19

1.19

GNU Groff

References

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz

Patch

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538330

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;r2=1.2;f=h

Patch

APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2

[oss-security] 20090809 CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

[oss-security] 20090810 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

[oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

[oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

44999

Vendor Advisory

MDVSA-2013:085

MDVSA-2013:086

36381

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

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