Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50479
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu 4.10 USN-43-1 (groff)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to groff announced via advisory USN-43-1. Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the auxiliary scripts 'eqn2graph' and 'pic2graph' created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed exploitation of a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Solution: http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2004-December/000045.html http://bugs.debian.org/286371 http://bugs.debian.org/286372 Risk factor : High
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