CVE-2008-1694 | BDVDB-2026-30337 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
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
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.