Title: GNU Emacs Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Severity: LOW
Description:
A vulnerability exists in Emacs 20, from GNU. Current versions of Emacs are incapable of securely creating temporary files from emacs-lisp. File names are predictable, and will follow existing symlinks. This would allow for a myriad of attacks, from overwriting files, to gaining access to any Emacs user's account.
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 arm
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 mips
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 ppc
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 3.0.0 sparc
- GNU Emacs 20.0.0
- GNU Emacs 20.1.0
- GNU Emacs 20.2.0
- GNU Emacs 20.3.0
- GNU Emacs 20.4.0
- GNU Emacs 20.5.0
- GNU Emacs 20.6.0
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