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 Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2013-12-11T13:57:00

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


Link: CVE-2009-5080

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:04:55.973


Link: CVE-2009-5080

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