Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67217
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-919-1 (emacs23)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to emacs23 announced via advisory USN-919-1. Details follow: Dan Rosenberg discovered that the email helper in Emacs did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could perform a symlink race to read or append to another user's mailbox if it was stored under a group-writable group-mail directory. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: emacs22-bin-common 22.1-0ubuntu10.2 Ubuntu 8.10: emacs22-bin-common 22.2-0ubuntu2.8.10.1 Ubuntu 9.04: emacs22-bin-common 22.2-0ubuntu2.9.04.1 Ubuntu 9.10: emacs22-bin-common 22.2-0ubuntu6.2 emacs23-bin-common 23.1+1-4ubuntu3.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-919-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.4
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0825 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083 http://secunia.com/advisories/39155 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952 XForce ISS Database: emacs-emailhelper-symlink(57457) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457
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