DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694

    Published: 22 Apr 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-1694

    Summary:

    Details: 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1694

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xemacs21

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/xemacs21?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -21.4.21-4

    Affected versions

    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