DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4191

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4191

    Published: 24 Sept 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-4191

    Summary:

    Details: extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4191

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: emacspeak

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -28.0-2

    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