CVE-2009-5081
EPSS 0.11%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-5081
To remediate CVE-2009-5081, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/groff—upgrade to 1.20.1-5 or later
Is CVE-2009-5081 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.20.1-5