Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Affected products
- Apple / mac_os_x10.10.4
- gnu / groff1.10 – 1.10
- gnu / groff1.11 – 1.11
- gnu / groff1.11a – 1.11a
- gnu / groff1.14 – 1.14
- gnu / groff1.15 – 1.15
- gnu / groff1.16 – 1.16
- gnu / groff1.16.1 – 1.16.1
- gnu / groff1.20.1
- gnu / groff1.17.2 – 1.17.2
- gnu / groff1.18.1 – 1.18.1
- gnu / groff1.19 – 1.19
- gnu / groff1.19.1 – 1.19.1
- gnu / groff1.19.2 – 1.19.2
- gnu / groff1.20 – 1.20
- gnu / groff1.17.1 – 1.17.1
References
- MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
- MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
- MISCftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031