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HistoryOct 03, 2022 - 4:24 p.m.

CVE-2009-5082

2022-10-0316:24:01
Debian Security Bug Tracker
security-tracker.debian.org
8
cve-2009-5082
overwriting files
symlink attack
temporary files
local users
gnu troff

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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.

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%