PT-2001-2171 · Gnu · Groff+1

Published 2001-07-26 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-1022

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions groff versions 1.16.1 and other versions jgroff versions prior to 1.15

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in the plot command.

Recommendations For groff version 1.16.1, update to a version that fixes the format string vulnerability in the pic utility. For jgroff versions prior to 1.15, update to version 1.15 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the plot command in groff and jgroff until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1022

Affected Products

Groff

Jgroff

References · 10

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3103 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21037 · Exploit
• http://debian.org/security/2001/dsa-072 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/199706 · Patch
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1022 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2002/dsa-107 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/1914 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6918 · Note