CVE-2008-5157

CVE-2008-5157 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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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