CVE-2008-1694

Description

vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857