Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840323
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-607-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'emacs21, emacs22' package(s) announced via the USN-607-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'emacs21, emacs22' package(s) announced via the USN-607-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Emacs did not account for precision when formatting integers. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified actions. This issue does not affect Ubuntu 8.04. (CVE-2007-6109) Steve Grubb discovered that the vcdiff script as included in Emacs created temporary files in an insecure way when used with SCCS. Local users could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1694) Affected Software/OS: 'emacs21, emacs22' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6109 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034 http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 http://secunia.com/advisories/27984 http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 http://secunia.com/advisories/30109 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:025 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:003 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references XForce ISS Database: emacs-unspecified-bo(38904) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38904 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://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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