Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability was found in how Emacs would import python scripts from the current working directory during the editing of a python file.
This could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code via a trojan python file (CVE-2008-3949).
Affected
emacs on Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-3949 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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