CVE-2015-0296
medium
CVSS v3
4.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
Description
The pre-install script in texlive 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21 as packaged in Fedora 21 and rpm, and texlive 6.20131226_r32488.fc20 and rpm allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted file in the user's home directory.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | 20 | not-affected | |
| fedora | 21 | not-affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154198.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154424.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/27/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72826
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197082
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0296
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.