CVE-2015-5701 Information

Description

mktexlsr revision 36855 and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167 https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885 https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1