CVE-2009-5082
EPSS 0.03%Published: 6/30/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (aka Owl) improperly create temporary files upon a failure of the mktemp function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/grofffrom 0, < 1.20.1-5