{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2015-5701", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[oss-security] 20150730 Re: CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmp", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6" }, { "name": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139" }, { "name": "https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log" }, { "name": "https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167" } ] } }