{"action":"Upgrade groff to 1.20.1-5 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.20.1-5","introduced":"0"}],"component":"groff","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.20.1-5"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9FA78YRNHX97N9M3BYRNA","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:42.806072393Z","published_at":"2011-06-30T15:55:01.677Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5079"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5079"}],"summary":"The (1) gendef.sh, (2) doc/fixinfo.sh, and (3) contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests.in scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack o"}