CVE-2009-5082

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2009-5082

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2011-06-30T15:55:01

Last Modified Date
2011-07-12T04:00:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:openwall:owl::::::::	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
3.3

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
4.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5	Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4	Patch
http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff	Patch
http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1;r2=1.2;f=h	Patch

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5082
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5082

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:59:59				Added to TrackCVE