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HistoryJun 30, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2009-5082

2011-06-3000:00:00
ubuntu.com
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8

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
jdstrand only exploitable during the build Debian CVE tracker lists this as fixed in 1.20.1-5, but it is not

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%