{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080","details":"The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:44:51Z","published":"2011-06-30T15:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2009-5080"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5080"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5080"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/groff@1.22.2-5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22.2-3","1.22.2-4","1.22.2-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"groff","binary_version":"1.22.2-5"},{"binary_name":"groff-base","binary_version":"1.22.2-5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json"}},{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/groff@1.22.3-7?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22.3-1","1.22.3-2","1.22.3-4","1.22.3-5","1.22.3-6","1.22.3-7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"groff","binary_version":"1.22.3-7"},{"binary_name":"groff-base","binary_version":"1.22.3-7"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json"}},{"package":{"name":"groff","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/groff@1.22.3-10?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22.3-9","1.22.3-10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"groff","binary_version":"1.22.3-10"},{"binary_name":"groff-base","binary_version":"1.22.3-10"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2009/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}