PT-2008-3239 · Gnu · Emacs

Steve Grubb · Published 2008-04-21 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2008-1694

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emacs versions 20.7 through 22.1.50

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files when used with SCCS.

Recommendations For Emacs versions 20.7 through 22.1.50, consider updating to a version that is not affected by this issue, as a temporary workaround, restrict access to temporary files used by the vcdiff utility to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1694

Affected Products

Emacs

References · 16

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1694 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1694 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1694 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30109 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019909 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29926 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28857 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29905 · Note