| Name | CVE-2008-1687 |
| Description | The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| m4 (PTS) | buster | 1.4.18-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.4.18-5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.4.19-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.19-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| m4 | source | (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