Symlink Attack Vulnerability in Ruby Parser Gem

CVE-2013-0162 · LOW Severity

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

The diff_pp function in lib/gauntlet_rubyparser.rb in the ruby_parser gem 3.1.1 and earlier for Ruby allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

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