| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 476611, 476612, 476613 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xemacs21 (PTS) | jessie | 21.4.22-14~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 21.4.24-4 | fixed |
| buster | 21.4.24-8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 21.4.24-9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 21.4.24-11 | fixed |
| sid | 21.4.24-12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - emacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[etch] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)