CVE-2008-1694

Description

vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096

http://secunia.com/advisories/30109

http://secunia.com/advisories/29926

http://secunia.com/advisories/29905

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3