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XEmacs vcdiff Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29926
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Release Date:
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2008-04-21
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | XEmacs 21.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1694 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Some security issues have been reported in XEmacs, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issues are caused due to the use of vulnerable GNU Emacs code.
For more information:
SA29905
Solution:
Do not use the vcdiff utility. Restrict access to trusted people only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in GNU Emacs by Streve Grubb, Red Hat.
Original Advisory:
Red Hat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
Other References:
SA29905:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29905/
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