{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1962","details":"Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err, (4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7) xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10) xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID] is a process ID.","modified":"2026-09-22T16:47:27.568784807Z","published":"2009-06-08T01:00:00.843Z","upstream":["CVE-2009-1962"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1962"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xfig","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xfig?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.2.5.a-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1962.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xfig","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xfig?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.2.5.a-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1962.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xfig","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xfig?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.2.5.a-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1962.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}