CVE-2004-1296

The 1 eqn2graph and 2 pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201310-14

Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201310-14 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later ifdescription...

GNU troff contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh design error vulnerability

Groff GNU Troff is the latest open source implementation of Troff, a document preparation system that generates print and screen documents from the same input source for a variety of devices. GNU troff groff versions prior to 1.21 in contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh starts the Ghostscript program witho...

Vulnerabilities of the Gentoo Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the groff package of the Gentoo Linux operating system, up to version 1.22.2. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to the compromise of the integrity and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

GNU groff 1.1x xploitation Via LPD Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3103/info lpd is the print spooling daemon. It is used to support network printing on a variety of unix platforms. The version of lpd that ships with linux systems invokes groff to process documents that are to be printed...

GNU groff 1.11 a,HP-UX 10.0/11.0,SGI IRIX <= 6.5.3 Malicious Manpage Vulnerabilities

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/540/info Versions of GNU groff prior to release 1.11a and standard troff contain vulnerabilities that can possibly lead to a local root compromise if the conditions are right and circumstances are somehow met. A malicious...

openSUSE Security Update : groff (openSUSE-SU-2011:0642-1)

groff created temporary files in an insecure way. Local attackers could potentially exploit that to overwrite files of other users. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update groff-4709...

GLSA-201310-14 : Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-14 Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Groff. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A context-dependent attacker could perform symlink attacks ...

Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Background GNU Troff Groff is a text formatter used for man pages. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Groff. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A context-dependent attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files wit...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : groff (MDVSA-2013:086)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in groff : contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff aka groff before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf.tmp temporary file CVE-2009-5044. The 1 gendef.sh, 2 doc/fixinfo.sh, and 3...

Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8577

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8577

Check for the Version of groff OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8577 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8590

Check for the Version of groff OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8590 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8596

Check for the Version of groff OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8596 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Fedora 15 : groff-1.21-4.fc15 (2012-8590)

older security fixes : - CVE-2009-5044: insecure temporary file handling in pdfroff - CVE-2009-5080: improper handling of failed attempts to create temporary directories in eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph - CVE-2009-5081: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use easy-to-guess temporary file names Note that...

Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8590

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Fedora 17 : groff-1.21-9.fc17 (2012-8577)

older security fixes - CVE-2009-5044: insecure temporary file handling in pdfroff - CVE-2009-5080: improper handling of failed attempts to create temporary directories in eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph - CVE-2009-5081: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use easy-to-guess temporary file names Note that Tenab...

Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8596

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: groff-1.21-4.fc16

Groff is a document formatting system. Groff takes standard text and formatting commands as input and produces formatted output. The created documents can be shown on a display or printed on a printer. Groff's formatting commands allow you to specify font type and size, bold type, italic type, th...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: groff-1.21-4.fc15

Groff is a document formatting system. Groff takes standard text and formatting commands as input and produces formatted output. The created documents can be shown on a display or printed on a printer. Groff's formatting commands allow you to specify font type and size, bold type, italic type, th...