CVE-2009-5082

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...

CVE-2009-5079

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...

CVE-2009-5078

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff aka groff before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document...

CVE-2009-5079

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...

CVE-2009-5082

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...

CVE-2009-5081

The 1 config.guess, 2 contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and 3 contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff aka groff 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary fil...

CVE-2009-5081

The 1 config.guess, 2 contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and 3 contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff aka groff 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary fil...

CVE-2009-5082

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...

Directory traversal

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...

CVE-2009-5080

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...

CVE-2009-5079

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...

Code injection

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff aka groff before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document...

CVE-2009-5078

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff aka groff before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document...

CVE-2009-5081

The 1 config.guess, 2 contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and 3 contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff aka groff 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary fil...

UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080

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...

CVE-2009-5078

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff aka groff before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document...

CVE-2009-5079

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...

CVE-2009-5082

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...

CVE-2009-5082

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...

CVE-2009-5079

Vulnerability summary (CVE-2009-5079) : In Groff (GNU troff) versions up to 1.21 and earlier, several scripts (gendef.sh, doc/fixinfo.sh, contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in) allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on groff temporary files (gro#####.tmp or /tmp/#####). T...