Unspecified vulnerability in Emacs via a symlink attack - CVE-2014-3421ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:21809 | Date: (C)2014-12-01 (M)2022-09-09 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
The host is installed with Emacs 24.3 and earlier and is prone to an unspecified vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file. Successful exploitation allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Platform: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 |