DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4952
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952
Upstream
Published
2008-11-05T15:00:15.243Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:06:23.784651Z
Summary
[none]
Details

emacs-jabber in emacs-jabber 0.7.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.log temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / emacs-jabber

Package

Name
emacs-jabber
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs-jabber?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.91-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952.json"

Debian:12 / emacs-jabber

Package

Name
emacs-jabber
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs-jabber?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.91-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952.json"

Debian:13 / emacs-jabber

Package

Name
emacs-jabber
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs-jabber?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.91-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952.json"

Debian:14 / emacs-jabber

Package

Name
emacs-jabber
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs-jabber?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.91-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4952.json"