debian · CVE-2009-5078

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:16:53 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2009-5078 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (groff), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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.

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