Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting emacs-nox package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed31 Oct 2017
Introduced: 31 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-1000383 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.