CVE-2008-1694

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references

References

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references

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