CVE-2015-7758 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/5 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3