CVE-2008-1687

NameCVE-2008-1687
DescriptionThe (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
m4 (PTS)buster1.4.18-2vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye1.4.18-5vulnerable (unimportant)
bookworm1.4.19-3vulnerable (unimportant)
sid, trixie1.4.19-4vulnerable (unimportant)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
m4source(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

This is more a generic bug and not a security issue: the random output would
need to match the name of an existing macro

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