CVE-2015-8621
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 11.00.8cbe486-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 11.00.8cbe486-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 11.00.8cbe486-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 11.00.8cbe486-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 11.00.8cbe486-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tcoffee | t-coffee | {"endIncluding":"11.00.8cbe486-1"} | |
References
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/4
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621
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.