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groff: insecure tmp file usage

Package(s):groff CVE #(s):CVE-2009-5044
Created:June 16, 2011 Updated:June 8, 2012
Description:

From the openSUSE advisory:

groff created temporary files in an insecure way. Local attackers could potentially exploit that to overwrite files of other users.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2011:0642-1 2011-06-16
Fedora FEDORA-2012-8590 2012-06-07
Fedora FEDORA-2012-8596 2012-06-07
Fedora FEDORA-2012-8577 2012-06-07
Mageia MGASA-2012-0164 2012-07-14
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:085 2013-04-09
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:086 2013-04-09
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