UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3421

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3421

    Published: 8 May 2014Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3421

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3421, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00055.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7, http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17428#8, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3421

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xemacs21-packages

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xemacs21-packages?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2009.02.17.dfsg.2-2

    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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