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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-5078

Original release date:06/30/2011

Last revised:06/30/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.4 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 4.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz

External Source: BID

Name: 36381

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090810 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090809 CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)