CVE-2007-5795 Information

Description

The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2 when enable-local-variables is set to :safe does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html http://osvdb.org/42060 http://secunia.com/advisories/27508 http://secunia.com/advisories/27627 http://secunia.com/advisories/27728 http://secunia.com/advisories/27984 http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26327 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3715 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38263 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00524.html