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CVE-2014-3421

Published: 8 May 2014

lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
emacs24
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (24.3+1-4)
xenial Not vulnerable
(24.5+1-6ubuntu1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(24.5+1-8ubuntu2)
Patches:

upstream: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00055.html
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu.
xemacs21
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
artful Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
groovy Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
precise Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
quantal Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
saucy Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code-not-present])
upstream Needs triage

utopic Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
vivid Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
wily Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
zesty Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
emacs22
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

emacs-snapshot
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

saucy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

utopic Does not exist

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

emacs23
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream Needs triage

utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00055.html

This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu.
emacs25
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable

xenial Does not exist

zesty Not vulnerable

xemacs21-packages
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needed

xenial Needed

vivid Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needed

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Needed

precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream Needs triage

utopic Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu.