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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in GNU groff up to 1.20.1. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-5078. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU groff up to 1.20.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 06/30/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ftp.gnu.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-5078 since 06/30/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 databases at Tenable (70649), SecurityFocus (BID 36381†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52207†). See VDB-7837, VDB-11563, VDB-12088 and VDB-12510 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• GNU

Name

• groff

Version

• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.11a
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.16.1
• 1.17.1
• 1.17.2
• 1.18.1
• 1.19
• 1.19.1
• 1.19.2
• 1.20
• 1.20.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.gnu.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 70649
Nessus Name: GLSA-201310-14 : Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-14
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: groff 1.20.1

Timelineinfo

07/24/2009 🔍
07/24/2009 +0 days 🔍
06/30/2011 +706 days 🔍
06/30/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/30/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1362 days 🔍
08/18/2015 +148 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2279 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: ftp.gnu.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-5078 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-5078
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57803
SecurityFocus: 36381 - GNU Troff pdfroff Insecure Temporary File Creation and Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 52207 - Apple MacOS X Local File System Write due to an issue in pdfoff - CVE-2009-5078, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 15:30
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (54), 10/24/2017 09:42 (15), 11/13/2021 15:24 (12), 11/13/2021 15:30 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:490:103

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