Link Following Affecting emacs24 package, versions <24.3+1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-EMACS24-277282
  • published8 May 2014
  • disclosed8 May 2014

Introduced: 8 May 2014

CVE-2014-3423  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 emacs24 to version 24.3+1-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs24 package and not the emacs24 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.

CVSS Base Scores

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