CVE-2014-3421 Information

Description

lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.

Reference

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=174288 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00055.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:117