CVE-2008-1687

Description

The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect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

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41706

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612

http://secunia.com/advisories/29729

http://secunia.com/advisories/29671

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3