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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201801-07 ] GNU Emacs: Command injection
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2018 18:48:24 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1702767.t8SCU0XdhO@localhost.localdomain> (raw)


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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201801-07
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: GNU Emacs: Command injection
     Date: January 07, 2018
     Bugs: #630680
       ID: 201801-07

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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
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-editors/emacs         < 23.4-r16:23           >= 23.4-r16:23 
                                < 24.5-r4:24            >= 24.5-r4:24 
                                < 25.2-r1:25            >= 25.2-r1:25 

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"

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

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

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

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

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14482
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-14482

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07

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