VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5705
Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and crafted filename.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.12%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.12% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- devscripts devel team/devscripts · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249645Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249645Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.