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.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html ↗
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 ↗