CVE-2007-5795 (GCVE-0-2007-5795)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-03 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:46
VLAI?
Summary
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.
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CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/27984 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/27728 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3715 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/li… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/42060 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26327 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/27508 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27627 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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