| Name | CVE-2008-4191 |
| Description | extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 496431 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| emacspeak (PTS) | buster | 49.0+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 53.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 53.0+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 53.0+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| emacspeak | source | lenny | 26.0-3+lenny1 | | | |
| emacspeak | source | (unstable) | 28.0-2 | low | | 496431 |
Notes
[etch] - emacspeak <no-dsa> (Minor issue)