CVE catalog
CVE-2008-4952
emacs-jabber: CVE-2008-4952
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.37% · Oct 25, 2026
emacs-jabber in emacs-jabber 0.7.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.log temporary file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | emacs-jabber | sid | 0.15.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs-jabber | forky | 0.15.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs-jabber | trixie | 0.9.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs-jabber | bookworm | 0.8.9999.git1569-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | emacs-jabber | source | sid | 0.7.91-2 | low | Not reported | [496428] |
| Debian | emacs-jabber | source | forky | 0.7.91-2 | low | Not reported | [496428] |
| Debian | emacs-jabber | source | trixie | 0.7.91-2 | low | Not reported | [496428] |
| Debian | emacs-jabber | source | bookworm | 0.7.91-2 | low | Not reported | [496428] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [elpa-jabber]Fixed
Source package: [emacs-jabber]
Details (2)
0.8.9999.git1569-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · bookworm; dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 12
0.8.9999.git1569-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · bookworm; dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [elpa-jabber]Fixed
Source package: [emacs-jabber]
Details (4)
0.9.0-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 13
0.9.0-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 13
0.13.1-1~bpo13+1· all · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 13
0.13.1-1~bpo13+1· all · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 13
- [emacs-jabber-omemo]Fixed
Source package: [emacs-jabber]
Details (2)
0.13.1-1~bpo13+1· amd64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 13
0.13.1-1~bpo13+1· arm64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.7.91-2dsa · emacs-jabber · debian · 13
Observed: