DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1694
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694
Upstream
Published
2008-04-22T04:41:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:08:50.951893Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xemacs21

Package

Name
xemacs21
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xemacs21?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
21.4.21-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694.json"

Debian:12 / xemacs21

Package

Name
xemacs21
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xemacs21?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
21.4.21-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1694.json"