Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-7758

Description

Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file that uses the name of an existing file and a (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc extension for the file name, as demonstrated by .thesis.tex.aux.

Affected products

OpenSUSE/Leap
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gummi Project/Gummi
cpe:2.3:a:gummi_project:gummi:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.htmlnvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.htmlnvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/5nvd

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