fkie_cve-2007-5795
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-11-02 22:46
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958
secalert@redhat.comhttp://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29
secalert@redhat.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/42060
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27508
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27627
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27728
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27984
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29420
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26327
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3715
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38263
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00524.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/42060
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27508
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27627
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27728
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27984
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26327
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3715
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38263
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00524.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux *
gnu emacs *
gnu emacs *



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