CVE

Id
1848  
CVE No.
CVE-2000-0270  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The make-temp-name Lisp function in Emacs 20 creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows attackers to conduct a symlink attack.  
Phase
Proposed (20000426)  
Votes
ACCEPT(1) Baker | MODIFY(2) Frech, Levy | NOOP(3) Christey, Cole, Wall  
Comments
Christey> ADDREF XF:emacs-tempfile-creation | Verify BID for this - is it 1125, 1126, or 1127? | Also, ADDREF CALDERA:CSSA-2000-011.1 ?? | URL:ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-011.1.txt | Frech> XF:emacs-tempfile-creation | Levy> Change BID reference to BID 1126