Upstream information

CVE-2009-5082 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

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: 703667 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 groff Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 groff Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 groff Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 groff Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 groff Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 groff Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 groff Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 groff Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 groff Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 groff Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 groff Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 groff Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 groff Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 groff Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 groff Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 groff Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 groff Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 groff Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 groff Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 groff Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 groff Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 groff Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 groff Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 groff Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 groff Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 groff Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.3 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 groff Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 groff Analysis
Container Status
suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox
groffAnalysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:40:51 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 18 13:14:41 2024