CVE-2008-1694

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-04-11
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
208483: CVE-2008-1694 emacs insecure /tmp file usage

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1694 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 emacs Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 emacs Will not fix

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