{"id":"DEBIAN-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":"2026-09-22T16:47:24.713466098Z","published":"2011-06-30T15:55:01.770Z","upstream":["CVE-2009-5081"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5081"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5081.json"}},{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5081.json"}},{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/groff?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1-5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5081.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}