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USN13-1 : groff utility vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary groff utility vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : These remote packages are missing security patches : - groff - groff-base Description : Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in the groff package. The utility "groffer" created a temporary directory in an insecure way, which permited exploitation of a race condition to create or overwrite files with the rights of the user invoking the program. Solution : Upgrade to : - groff-1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) - groff-base-1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 4.10) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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