CVE-2015-5700 (GCVE-0-2015-5700)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-25 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/sourc… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/sourc… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Date Public
2015-01-11 00:00
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