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GLSA-201310-14 : Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70649

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-14 (Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Groff. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A context-dependent attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Groff users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/groff-1.22.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70649

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201310-14.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 10/27/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:groff, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5044, CVE-2009-5078, CVE-2009-5079, CVE-2009-5080, CVE-2009-5081, CVE-2009-5082

BID: 36381, 53937, 53940

GLSA: 201310-14