Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60904
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:096 (emacs)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to emacs announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:096. Steve Grubb found that the vcdiff script in Emacs create temporary files insecurely when used with SCCS. A local user could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program (CVE-2008-1694). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:096 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1694 BugTraq ID: 28857 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909 http://secunia.com/advisories/29905 http://secunia.com/advisories/29926 http://secunia.com/advisories/30109 https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references XForce ISS Database: xemacs-gnuemacs-vcdiff-symlink(41906) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
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