Description
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | t-coffee | 11.00.8cbe486-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | t-coffee | 11.00.8cbe486-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | t-coffee | 11.00.8cbe486-2 | — |
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
- [oss-security] 20151223 Re: CVE-request: ~/.t_coffee/ is world-writable mailing-list
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/