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CVE-2014-3423

Publication date 8 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
emacs-snapshot 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
emacs22 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
emacs23 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
emacs24 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
emacs25 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xemacs21 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
xemacs21-packages 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.10 yakkety Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored
15.04 vivid Ignored
14.10 utopic Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored

Notes

seth-arnold

Mosiac hard-coded this pid file name, the alternative is dropping support for Mosiac entirely. Don't be hasty.

leosilva

from emacs, they added this line only http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00057.html not-fixed