cve-2014-3421
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-05-08 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 10:43
Severity ?
Summary
lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17428#8
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00055.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:117
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17428#8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00055.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:117
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