Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Emacs vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-919-1 | First vendor Publication | 2010-03-29 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2010-03-29 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.4 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Ubuntu 8.10: Ubuntu 9.04: Ubuntu 9.10: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Dan Rosenberg discovered that the email helper in Emacs did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could perform a symlink race to read or append to another user's mailbox if it was stored under a group-writable group-"mail" directory. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13126 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13126 | ||
| Title: | USN-919-1 -- emacs22, emacs23 vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Dan Rosenberg discovered that the email helper in Emacs did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could perform a symlink race to read or append to another user�s mailbox if it was stored under a group-writable group-"mail" directory. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-919-1 CVE-2010-0825 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 | Product(s): | emacs22 emacs23 |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-05-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: movemail File : nvt/freebsd_movemail.nasl |
| 2010-04-29 | Name : Mandriva Update for emacs MDVSA-2010:083 (emacs) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_083.nasl |
| 2010-04-06 | Name : Ubuntu Update for emacs22, emacs23 vulnerability USN-919-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_919_1.nasl |
| 2010-03-02 | Name : Mandriva Update for initscripts MDVA-2010:083 (initscripts) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_083.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 63430 | emacs lib-src/movemail.c Symlink Local Privilege Escalation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-04-21 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-083.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-03-30 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-919-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:06:40 |
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