Access Restriction Bypass Affecting t-coffee package, versions <11.00.8cbe486-2
Threat Intelligence
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- published7 Aug 2017
- disclosed7 Aug 2017
Introduced: 7 Aug 2017
CVE-2015-8621 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable t-coffee to version 11.00.8cbe486-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream t-coffee package and not the t-coffee package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/4