extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4191
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31880
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241