DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687

    Published: 9 Apr 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-1687

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1687

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: m4

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.4.19-3
    1.4.19-4
    1.4.19-4+hurd.1
    1.4.19-5
    1.4.19-6
    1.4.19-7
    1.4.19-8
    1.4.20-1
    1.4.20-2
    1.4.21-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High