tau 2.16.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 18, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
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.
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