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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T07:24:54.070Z
Reserved: 2011-06-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-5080

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2011-06-30T15:55:01.723
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2009-5080
