| Name | CVE-2015-8621 |
| Description | t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally. |
| 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 | 751579 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| t-coffee (PTS) | buster | 12.00.7fb08c2-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 13.41.0.28bdc39+dfsg-4 | fixed |
| trixie, sid, bookworm | 13.45.0.4846264+really13.41.0.28bdc39+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| t-coffee | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| t-coffee | source | (unstable) | 11.00.8cbe486-2 | low | | 751579 |
Notes
[jessie] - t-coffee <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - t-coffee <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - t-coffee <not-affected> (version in Squeeze uses system() and umask is handled correctly by sh (as opposed to later versions that use mkdir()))