older security fixes

  - CVE-2009-5044: insecure temporary file handling in     pdfroff

    - CVE-2009-5080: improper handling of failed attempts to       create temporary directories in       eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph

    - CVE-2009-5081: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use       easy-to-guess temporary file names

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

older security fixes :

  - CVE-2009-5044: insecure temporary file handling in     pdfroff

    - CVE-2009-5080: improper handling of failed attempts to       create temporary directories in       eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph

    - CVE-2009-5081: roff2.pl and groffer.pl use       easy-to-guess temporary file names

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - groff: improper handling of failed attempts to create temporary directories in     eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph (CVE-2009-5080)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - groff: improper handling of failed attempts to create temporary directories in     eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph (CVE-2009-5080)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in groff :

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file (CVE-2009-5044).

The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a gro#####.tmp or /tmp/##### temporary file (CVE-2009-5079).

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 (CVE-2009-5080).

The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969 (CVE-2009-5081).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - groff: improper handling of failed attempts to create temporary directories in     eqn2graph/pic2graph/grap2graph (CVE-2009-5080)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

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.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 5.04, has groff packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary     files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file. (CVE-2009-5044)

  - 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. (CVE-2009-5080)

  - The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts     in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template     argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via     a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969. (CVE-2009-5081)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
59416	Fedora 17 : groff-1.21-9.fc17 (2012-8577)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/8/2012	1/11/2021	low
59417	Fedora 15 : groff-1.21-4.fc15 (2012-8590)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/8/2012	1/11/2021	low
199486	RHEL 5 : groff (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	medium
199542	RHEL 4 : groff (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	medium
66099	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : groff (MDVSA-2013:086)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	4/20/2013	1/6/2021	low
199497	RHEL 6 : groff (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	medium
59419	Fedora 16 : groff-1.21-4.fc16 (2012-8596)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/8/2012	1/11/2021	low
70649	GLSA-201310-14 : Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	10/27/2013	1/6/2021	medium
187343	NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : groff Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2023-0067)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	12/27/2023	12/27/2023	medium

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