UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3423
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Summary:
Details: lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3423, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00057.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-2014-3423
Affected packages
Package
Name: emacs24
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+1-6ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -24.5+1-6ubuntu1
Affected versions
24.5+1-1ubuntu2
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
