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CVE-2015-7758

Published: Jan 8, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

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

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openSUSE-SU-2015:2369

vendor-advisory

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FEDORA-2016-e21be93421

vendor-advisory

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openSUSE-SU-2016:0574

vendor-advisory

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FEDORA-2016-94b0b50351

vendor-advisory

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[oss-security] 20151008 Re: CVE request: Gummi

mailing-list

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[oss-security] 20151008 CVE request: Gummi

mailing-list

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