[ MDVSA-2010:083 ] emacs

[dude67]

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Package : emacs
Date : April 20, 2010
Affected: 2008.0, 2009.0, 2009.1, 2010.0, Corporate 4.0,
Enterprise Server 5.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in emacs:

lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to
read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack,
related to improper file-permission checks (CVE-2010-0825).

Packages for 2008.0 and 2009.0 are provided due to the Extended
Maintenance Program for those products.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2010-0825
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