Description
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | polygen | 1.0.6-9 | — |
| Debian 13 | polygen | 1.0.6-9 | — |
| Debian 12 | polygen | 1.0.6-9 | — |
| Debian 3.1 | polygen | 1.0.6-7sarge1 | DSA-794-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-794-1 polygen - programming error Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026