m4 security advisore
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Security
The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename. Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1687
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1688
New m4 package is available in the testing repository.
