DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4191

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4191
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4191.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4191
Upstream
Published
2008-09-24T11:42:25Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:07:14.544837Z
Summary
[none]
Details

extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / emacspeak

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
28.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / emacspeak

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
28.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / emacspeak

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
28.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / emacspeak

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
28.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}