CVE-2009-5081

Upstream information

CVE-2009-5081 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	3.3
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 703666 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Server 4.0	groff >= 1.22.3-3.12 groff-full >= 1.22.3-3.24 gxditview >= 1.22.3-3.24	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 GA groff-1.22.3-3.12
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 SUSE Manager Server 4.2	groff >= 1.22.3-5.3.1 groff-full >= 1.22.3-5.3.1 gxditview >= 1.22.3-5.3.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 GA groff-1.22.3-5.3.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 SUSE Manager Server 4.1	groff >= 1.22.3-3.12 groff-full >= 1.22.3-3.24 gxditview >= 1.22.3-3.24	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 GA groff-1.22.3-3.12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 GA groff-1.22.2-5.429
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 GA groff-1.22.2-5.429
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 GA groff-1.22.2-5.429
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA groff-1.22.2-5.429
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA groff-1.22.2-5.429
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3	groff >= 1.22.4-150400.3.4 groff-full >= 1.22.4-150400.3.41 gxditview >= 1.22.4-150400.3.41	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 GA groff-1.22.4-150400.3.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5	groff >= 1.22.4-150400.3.4 groff-full >= 1.22.4-150400.3.41 gxditview >= 1.22.4-150400.3.41	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 GA groff-1.22.4-150400.3.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6	groff >= 1.22.4-150400.5.2.1 groff-full >= 1.22.4-150400.5.2.2 gxditview >= 1.22.4-150400.5.2.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 GA groff-1.22.4-150400.5.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15	groff >= 1.22.3-3.12 groff-full >= 1.22.3-3.24 gxditview >= 1.22.3-3.24	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA groff-1.22.3-3.12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	groff >= 1.22.3-5.3.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 GA groff-1.22.3-5.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	groff >= 1.22.4-150400.3.4	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 GA groff-1.22.4-150400.3.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4	groff >= 1.22.4-150400.3.4	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 GA groff-1.22.4-150400.3.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0	groff >= 1.23.0-1.43	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 GA groff-1.23.0-1.43
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 GA groff-1.22.2-5.429
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	groff >= 1.22.2-5.429 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.429 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.429	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	groff >= 1.22.2-5.287 groff-full >= 1.22.2-5.287 gxditview >= 1.22.2-5.287	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 GA groff-1.22.2-5.287
openSUSE Leap 15.0	groff >= 1.22.3-lp150.3.1 groff-full >= 1.22.3-lp150.3.14 gxditview >= 1.22.3-lp150.3.14	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA groff-1.22.3-lp150.3.1
openSUSE Leap 15.2	groff >= 1.22.3-lp152.5.7 groff-full >= 1.22.3-lp152.5.52 gxditview >= 1.22.3-lp152.5.52	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA groff-1.22.3-lp152.5.2
openSUSE Leap 15.3	groff >= 1.22.3-5.3.1 groff-full >= 1.22.3-5.3.1 gxditview >= 1.22.3-5.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA groff-1.22.3-5.3.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4	groff >= 1.22.4-150400.3.4 groff-full >= 1.22.4-150400.3.41 gxditview >= 1.22.4-150400.3.41	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA groff-1.22.4-150400.3.4
openSUSE Tumbleweed	groff >= 1.22.3-2.5 groff-doc >= 1.22.3-2.5 groff-full >= 1.22.3-2.5 gxditview >= 1.22.3-2.5	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10031

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-hpc-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sapcal-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210812
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-basic-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-sapcal-v20220120
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-v20210924

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0	groff	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Manager Server 4.3	groff	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5	groff	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6	groff	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5	groff	Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS	groff	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4	groff	Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4	groff	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4	groff	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3	groff	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4	groff	Already fixed
Container Status
suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox	groff	Already fixed

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:40:51 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 18 13:14:40 2024