CVE-2001-1301 Information

Description

rcs2log as used in Emacs 20.4 xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4 and possibly other packages allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0093.html http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lib-src/rcs2log?only_with_tag=EMACS_PRETEST_21_0_95 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11210.php