{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:26Z",
  "published": "2011-06-30T15:55:01Z",
  "id": "CVE-2009-5082",
  "details": "The (1) configure and (2) config.guess scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (aka Owl) improperly create temporary files upon a failure of the mktemp function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h"
    }
  ]
}