Symlink Attack The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package clang  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLANG-2382093
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Apr 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-2893  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for clang.

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. The GetHTMLRunDir function in the scan-build utility in Clang 3.5 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary directories with predictable names.