CVE-2015-5705

7.5 HIGH

Published: September 06, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.html

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249645

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html