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Debian Security Advisory DSA 340-1 (x-face-el)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to x-face-el announced via advisory DSA 340-1.
Insight
Insight
NOTE: due to a combination of administrative problems, this advisory was erroneously released with the identifier 'DSA-338-1'. DSA-338-1 correctly refers to an earlier advisory regarding proftpd. x-face-el, a decoder for images included inline in X-Face email headers, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Emacs and x-face-el, potentially with contents supplied by the attacker. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6.19-1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6.23-1. We recommend that you update your x-face-el package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20340-1