Insecure Temporary File Affecting emacs-nox package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-EMACSNOX-1335048
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 5 May 2014
Introduced: 5 May 2014
CVE-2014-3424 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6
emacs-nox
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-nox
package and not the emacs-nox
package as distributed by RHEL
.
See How to fix?
for RHEL:6
relevant fixed versions and status.
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/tramp.##### temporary file.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17428#8
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3424
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:117
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00060.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7
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