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TITLE:
XEmacs vcdiff Insecure Temporary Files

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29926

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29926/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
XEmacs 21.x
http://secunia.com/product/4618/

DESCRIPTION:
Some security issues have been reported in XEmacs, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with
escalated privileges.

The security issues are caused due to the use of vulnerable GNU Emacs
code.

For more information:
SA29905

SOLUTION:
Do not use the vcdiff utility. Restrict access to trusted people
only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported in GNU Emacs by Streve Grubb, Red Hat.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Red Hat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29905:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29905/

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