| Name | CVE-2015-5705 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 794365 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| devscripts (PTS) | buster | 2.19.5+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.21.3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.23.4+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 2.23.7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - devscripts <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - devscripts <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - devscripts <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Introduced in https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=025ad4ea8ba92d32bd698a83149f782c17f78bf0 (v2.15.5)