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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-5795

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-5795

Description:
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38263

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA27728
  Secunia Advisory: SA27508
  Secunia Advisory: SA27627
  Secunia Advisory: SA27984
  Secunia Advisory: SA29420

OSVDB
  42060

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml

FEDORA

CONFIRM
  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958
  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
  http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008

BID
  26327

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html


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