DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1687
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687
Upstream
Published
2008-04-09T19:05:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:54Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.19-3
1.4.19-4
1.4.19-4+hurd.1
1.4.19-5
1.4.19-6
1.4.19-7
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687.json"

Debian:13 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687.json"

Debian:14 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1687.json"