UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000383

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000383

    Published: 31 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025

    Summary:

    Details: GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000383, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/15, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/31/1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000383

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: emacs24

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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