CVE-2015-5705
high
CVSS v3
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and crafted filename.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.15.8 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.15.8 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.15.8 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.15.8 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.15.8 |
| fedora | 21 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| devscripts_devel_team | devscripts | {"endIncluding":"2.15.6"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249645
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5705
CWEs
CWE-59
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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.