fkie_cve-2009-5079
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2011-06-30 15:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file.
References
Impacted products
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