Description
vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29905 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29926 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30109 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857 ↗
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references ↗