Description

The package com.github.samtools:htsjdk before 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions due to the createTempDir() function in util/IOUtil.java not checking for the existence of the temporary directory before attempting to create it.

Remediation

References

https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/pull/1617

https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/commit/4a4024a97ee3e87096df6ad9b22c8260bd527772

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUBSAMTOOLS-3149901

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-668 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory