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CVE-2008-1687

The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename.

Published

2008-04-09T19:05:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	m4	≤ 1.4.10	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29671 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/12 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/4 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41706 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/12 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41706 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)