CVE-2008-4191

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  "published": "2008-09-24T11:42:25.280",
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      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431",
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      "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak",
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          "value": "CWE-59"
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "extract-table.pl de Emacspeak 26 y 28 permite a usuarios locales sobrescribir archivos de su elección mediante un ataque de enlaces simbólicos en el archivo temporal extract-table.csv"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:57:20.823",
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  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:\nhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435\n\nThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/",
      "lastModified": "2008-10-17T00:00:00",
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