CVE-2009-5081 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff 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 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086