PT-2014-5309 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Emacs+1

Steve Kemp · Published 2014-05-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-3422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Emacs versions prior to 24.4

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.

Recommendations For GNU Emacs versions prior to 24.4, update to version 24.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3422

MGASA-2014-0250

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10469-1

Affected Products

Gnu Emacs

Suse

References · 20

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10469-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0250 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3422 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133825.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3422 · Security Note
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3423 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3424 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3422 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9483 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3421 · Note