Security Features in groff - CVE-2009-5078
Published: June 30, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44901
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-5078
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
Affected software
groff
How to mitigate CVE-2009-5078
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031