CVE-2009-5082

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-5082 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact because it can only be exploited during package compilation. We do not currently plan to fix this flaw.

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