- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities Date: October 25, 2013 Bugs: #386335 ID: 201310-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Groff, allowing context-dependent attackers to conduct symlink attacks. Background ========== GNU Troff (Groff) is a text formatter used for man pages. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/groff < 1.22.2 >= 1.22.2 Description =========== 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. Resolution ========== All Groff users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/groff-1.22.2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2009-5044 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5044 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-5078 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5078 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-5079 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5079 [ 4 ] CVE-2009-5080 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5080 [ 5 ] CVE-2009-5081 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5081 [ 6 ] CVE-2009-5082 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5082 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-14.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5