MGASA-2014-0250

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    MGASA-2014-0250

    Published: 6 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated emacs packages fix CVE-2014-3421-4

    Details: Updated emacs packages fix security vulnerabilities: Steve Kemp discovered multiple temporary file handling issues in Emacs. A local attacker could use these flaws to perform symbolic link attacks against users running Emacs (CVE-2014-3421, CVE-2014-3422, CVE-2014-3423, CVE-2014-3424).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133825.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13458

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: emacs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/emacs?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -24.2-5.1.mga3

    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
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