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
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348
- [debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages mailing-list
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- 32821 third-party-advisory
- tau-multiple-scripts-symlink(46704) vdb-entry
- 32404 vdb-entry