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GNU Emacs vcdiff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability |
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Title : GNU Emacs vcdiff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1309 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1694
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-21
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A vulnerability has been identified in GNU Emacs, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions [...]
Solution
A fix is available via CVS :
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/lib-src/vcdiff?root=emacs&view=log
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Steve Grubb (Red Hat).
ChangeLog
2008-04-21 : Initial release
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