CVE-2004-0969

Publication date 9 February 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
groff 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.18.1.1-11
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.18.1.1-11
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.18.1.1-11

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-13-1
    • groff utility vulnerability
    • 2 November 2004

Other references