GLSA 201801-07: GNU Emacs: Command injection

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GNU Emacs: Command injection
Date:	01/07/2018
Bugs:	#630680
ID:	201801-07

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Emacs which may allow for arbitrary command execution.

Background

GNU Emacs is a highly extensible and customizable text editor.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-editors/emacs	< 23.4-r16	>= 23.4-r16	All supported architectures

Description

A command injection flaw within the Emacs “enriched mode” handling has been discovered.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Emacs 23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-23.4-r16:23"

All GNU Emacs 24.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-24.5-r4:24"

All GNU Emacs 25.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-25.2-r1:25"

References

CVE-2017-14482

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201801-07.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.