CVE-2015-7758

Description

Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file that uses the name of an existing file and a (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc extension for the file name, as demonstrated by .thesis.tex.aux.

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3