CVE-2008-5157

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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