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groff -- pic2graph and eqn2graph are vulnerable to symlink attack through temporary files

Description:

The eqn2graph and pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

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Affects:

portaudit: groff -- pic2graph and eqn2graph are vulnerable to symlink attack through temporary files

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>