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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201403-05 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: GNU Emacs: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: March 20, 2014 |
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Bugs: #398239, #431178 |
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ID: 201403-05 |
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Synopsis |
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in GNU Emacs, possibly leading to |
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user-assisted execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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GNU Emacs is a highly extensible and customizable text editor. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-editors/emacs < 24.1-r1 < 23.2 |
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*>= 23.4-r4 |
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>= 24.1-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Emacs: |
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* When 'global-ede-mode' is enabled, EDE in Emacs automatically loads a |
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Project.ede file from the project directory (CVE-2012-0035). |
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* When 'enable-local-variables'' is set to ':safe', Emacs automatically |
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processes eval forms (CVE-2012-3479). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, |
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possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges |
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of the process or a Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All GNU Emacs 24.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-24.1-r1" |
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All GNU Emacs 23.x users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-23.4-r4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0035 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0035 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2012-3479 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3479 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201403-05.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |