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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201801-07 |
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https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: GNU Emacs: Command injection |
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Date: January 07, 2018 |
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Bugs: #630680 |
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ID: 201801-07 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability has been found in Emacs which may allow for arbitrary |
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command execution. |
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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 < 23.4-r16:23 >= 23.4-r16:23 |
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< 24.5-r4:24 >= 24.5-r4:24 |
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< 25.2-r1:25 >= 25.2-r1:25 |
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Description |
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A command injection flaw within the Emacs "enriched mode" handling has |
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been discovered. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, |
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could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of process. |
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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 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-r16" |
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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-24.5-r4" |
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All GNU Emacs 25.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-,25.2-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14482 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14482 |
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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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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07 |
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