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CVE-2013-0162 (GCVE-0-2013-0162)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-01 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:18
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Summary
The diff_pp function in lib/gauntlet_rubyparser.rb in the ruby_parser gem 3.1.1 and earlier for Ruby allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892806 x_refsource_MISC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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