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CVE-2008-5157

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.9 Published: 2008-11-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Uoregon Tau

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References