GLSA 202407-08: GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:high
Title:GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:07/01/2024
Bugs: #897950, #927820
ID:202407-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Emacs and Org Mode, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

GNU Emacs is a highly extensible and customizable text editor.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-emacs/org-mode < 9.6.23 >= 9.6.23 All supported architectures
app-editors/emacs < 26.3-r16 >= 26.3-r16 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Emacs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Emacs users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-29.3-r2"
        

All Org Mode users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/org-mode-9.6.23"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202407-08.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.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

Thank you!