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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU groff up to 1.20.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was shared 06/24/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cvsweb.openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-5044 since 01/14/2011. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70649 (GLSA-201310-14 : Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123806 (Apple Mac OS X v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2)).
Upgrading to version 1.20.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (70649). The entries 7837, 11563, 12088 and 12510 are related to this item.
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Class: Link followingCWE: CWE-59
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Nessus ID: 70649
Nessus Name: GLSA-201310-14 : Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 864320
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for groff FEDORA-2012-8577
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Upgrade: groff 1.20.1
Timeline
07/24/2009 🔍07/24/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: cvsweb.openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-5044 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 52205 - GNU groff Before 1.21 contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh Security Issue Allows Local File System Overwrite, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36381 - GNU Troff pdfroff Insecure Temporary File Creation and Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 44999 - GNU Troff "pdfroff" Script Insecure Temporary File Creation, Less Critical
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/13/2021 12:54
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 10/24/2017 09:42 (12), 11/13/2021 12:54 (3)
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