| Name | CVE-2009-5078 |
| Description | 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. |
| 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 | 538338 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| groff (PTS) | bullseye | 1.22.4-6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.22.4-10 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.23.0-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| groff | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| groff | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| groff | source | (unstable) | 1.20.1-5 | low | 538338 |
[etch] - groff <not-affected> (pdfroff not yet present)
[lenny] - groff <not-affected> (pdfroff not yet present)