CVE-2014-3422
Published: 8 May 2014
lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | The xemacs21-packages code looked very different; the esrc comment looks out-dated. I'm marking these not-affected because it looked safe to me but review by an emacs expert would be welcome. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
emacs-snapshot Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| 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
|
|
|
emacs22 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| 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 |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| 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/msg00056.html |
||
| This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. | ||
|
emacs24 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
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/msg00056.html |
||
| This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. | ||
|
emacs25 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
xemacs21 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code-not-present)
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| 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)
|
|
|
xemacs21-packages Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
|
| bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
| disco |
Does not exist
|
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| saucy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| utopic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
|
|