PT-2004-2223 · Gnu · Groff

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña · Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1296

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: groff version 1.18.1

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically affecting the eqn2graph and pic2graph scripts.

Recommendations: For groff version 1.18.1, consider restricting access to the eqn2graph and pic2graph scripts until a patch is available, or apply configuration changes to prevent symlink attacks on temporary files.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1296

Affected Products

Groff

References · 9

• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1296 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286372 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18660 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286371 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358225615424&w=2 · Note