CVE-2015-0858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cool Projects TarDiff allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pathname in a /tmp/tardiff-$$ temporary directory.

Published: 2016-05-06

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tardiff_project:tardiff:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-564-1	tardiff security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3562-1	tardiff security update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0869	Cool Projects TarDiff allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pathname in a /tmp/tardiff-$$ temporary directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Tardiff Project Tardiff

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-05-06T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:26:11.283Z

Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-06T17:59:01.973

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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