vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2015-7758: gummi -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 8, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-gummi
Title
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