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CVE-2008-5157

CVE-2008-5157

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32821https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txthttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404