CVE-2009-5080
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
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.
Products: gnu groff
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | groff | 1.20.1-5 |
| Debian 13 | groff | 1.20.1-5 |
| Debian 14 | groff | 1.20.1-5 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | groff | no fix |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | groff | no fix |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | groff | no fix |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | groff | 1.22.3-2.5 |