Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in emacs:
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks (CVE-2010-0825).
Packages for 2008.0 and 2009.0 are provided due to the Extended Maintenance Program for those products.
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
emacs on Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0825 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.4
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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