| ID |
CVE-2008-1687
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| Summary |
The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect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. |
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| Vulnerable Configurations |
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| CVSS |
| Base: | 7.5 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:30) |
| Impact: | |
| Exploitability: | |
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| CWE |
NVD-CWE-Other |
| CAPEC |
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| Access |
| Vector | Complexity | Authentication |
| NETWORK |
LOW |
NONE |
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| Impact |
| Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
| PARTIAL |
PARTIAL |
PARTIAL |
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| cvss-vector
via4
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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| refmap
via4
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| bid | 28688 | | mlist | - [oss-security] 20080406 Re: Security fixes in m4-1.4.11
- [oss-security] 20080406 Security fixes in m4-1.4.11
- [oss-security] 20080407 Re: Security fixes in m4-1.4.11
| | secunia | | | slackware | SSA:2008-098-01 | | vupen | ADV-2008-1151 | | xf | gnu-m4-macros-weak-security(41706) |
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| statements
via4
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| contributor | Joshua Bressers | | lastmodified | 2008-04-15 | | organization | Red Hat | | statement | Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. After careful analysis of this issue the Red Hat Security Response Team has determined that this bug has no security impact outside of expected m4 behavior. |
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| Last major update |
08-08-2017 - 01:30 |
| Published |
09-04-2008 - 19:05 |
| Last modified |
08-08-2017 - 01:30 |
