CVE-2009-5080

Name	CVE-2009-5080
Description	The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	538330

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
groff (PTS)	buster	1.22.4-3+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	1.22.4-6	fixed
	bookworm	1.22.4-10	fixed
	sid, trixie	1.23.0-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
groff	source	(unstable)	1.20.1-5	low		538330

[lenny] - groff <no-dsa> (Minor issue)