CVE-2010-0825

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-03-29
Bugzilla:
578267: CVE-2010-0825 emacs, xemacs: Race condition by moving message from user's inbox into user's Rmail file, when movemail setgid enabled

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0825 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issues does not affect the versions of emacs or xemacs as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The movemail utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not have the setgid bit set, which is required for this flaw to be exploitable.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.3
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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