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

In scripts/licensecheck.pl, there is executed code, that is vulnerable to shell command injection via shell metacharacters in filename.

my $mime = file --brief --mime --dereference $file;

Upstream patch: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=c0687bcde23108dd42e146573c368b6905e6b8e8

CVE assignment: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7