Upstream information

CVE-2008-1694 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 377905 [RESOLVED / WORKSFORME]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:42:40 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:17 2025