{"id":"CVE-2009-5082","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:41:04.401013Z","published":"2011-06-30T15:55:01Z","references":[{"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"}