Vulnerability CVE-2008-5157
Published: 2008-11-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Uoregon -> TAU 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46704
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/32821
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348
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