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Debian: CVE-2015-0858: tardiff -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2015-0858: tardiff -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/01/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

Cool Projects TarDiff allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pathname in a /tmp/tardiff-$$ temporary directory.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-tardiff

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