Description
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | emacspeak | 28.0-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | emacspeak | 28.0-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | emacspeak | 28.0-2 | — |
References
- FEDORA-2008-8379 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- 32071 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- 31880 third-party-advisory
- 31241 vdb-entry
- emacspeak-extracttable-symlink(45237) vdb-entry
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
- FEDORA-2008-8423 vendor-advisory