CVE-2008-5157

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2008-5157 · Published 18/11/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5157 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting tau (uoregon).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.40%, higher than 34.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tau uoregon	`= 2.16.4`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
secunia.com/advisories/32821 · Vendor Advisory
uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/32404
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704

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