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semi: insecure temporary file

Package(s):semi, wemi CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0440
Created:July 7, 2003 Updated:October 1, 2003
Description: semi, a MIME library for GNU Emacs, 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 semi, potentially with contents supplied by the attacker.

wemi is a fork of semi, and contains the same bug.

CAN-2003-0440

Alerts:
Gentoo 200308-02 2003-08-14
Yellow Dog YDU-20030723-2 2003-07-23
Red Hat RHSA-2003:234-01 2003-07-23
Debian DSA-339-1 2003-07-06
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