{"id":"CVE-2009-5081","details":"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 files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:41:04.583046Z","published":"2011-06-30T15:55:01Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10031-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}