CVE-2015-5705

high
Published 2017-09-06 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.15.8
debian debianbullseyefixed2.15.8
debian debianforkyfixed2.15.8
debian debiansidfixed2.15.8
debian debiantrixiefixed2.15.8
fedora fedora21affected
fedora fedora22affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
devscripts_devel_teamdevscripts{"endIncluding":"2.15.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.