PT-2016-3829 · Gummi · Gummi

Julian Andres Klode · Published 2016-01-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-7758

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gummi version 0.6.5

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file. This can be achieved by using specific file extensions, including (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc, as demonstrated by .thesis.tex.aux.

Recommendations For Gummi version 0.6.5, consider restricting access to temporary dot files to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using Gummi to handle files with the mentioned extensions (.aux, .log, .out, .pdf, .toc) in sensitive environments.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-7758

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10107-1

Affected Products

Gummi

References · 16

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7758 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10107-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-7758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7758 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7758 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7758 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7758 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4 · Note