CVE-2008-5157

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

tau 2.16.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/makefile.tau.*.##### or (2) /tmp/makefile.tau*.##### temporary file, related to the (a) tau_cxx, (b) tau_f90, and (c) tau_cc scripts.

Affected products

Uoregon Tau: 2.16.4

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32821
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32821
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704

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