Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20095080000
Revision Date:2011-06-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2009-5080 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2009-5080
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'groff' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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