CVE-2015-5705

Publication date 6 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and crafted filename.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
devscripts 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes


sbeattie

introduced in 2.15.5

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N


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