CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5157
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
tau 2.16.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/makefile.tau.*.##### or (2) /tmp/makefile.tau*.##### temporary file, related to the (a) tau_cxx, (b) tau_f90, and (c) tau_cc scripts.
Affected configurations
• uoregon tau 2.16.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348 bugs.debian.org
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html lists.debian.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32821 Vendor Advisory
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348 bugs.debian.org
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html lists.debian.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32821 Vendor Advisory
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com