In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9302 advisory.

    GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing     features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.

    Security Fix(es):

    * emacs: Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted (CVE-2024-30203)

    * emacs: LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments (CVE-2024-30204)

    * emacs: Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted (CVE-2024-30205)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7027-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-45939)

    Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu     20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48337)

    Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48338)

    Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48339)

    It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled filename sanitization. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-28617)

    It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04     LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30203, CVE-2024-30204,     CVE-2024-30205)

    It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2024-39331)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the emacs package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23.(CVE-2024-30205)

    In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.(CVE-2024-30204)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization emacs security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the emacs package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23.(CVE-2024-30205)

    In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.(CVE-2024-30204)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS emacs security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the emacs package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.(CVE-2024-30204)

    In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23.(CVE-2024-30205)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization emacs security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of emacs installed on the remote host is prior to 27.2-4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2608 advisory.

    In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

    In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

    In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

    In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it     specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.
    (CVE-2024-39331)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-663 advisory.

    In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

    In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

    In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

    In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it     specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.
    (CVE-2024-39331)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the emacs package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments.(CVE-2024-30204)

    In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23.(CVE-2024-30205)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS emacs security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2297-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-30203: Fixed denial of service via MIME contents (bsc#1222053).
    - CVE-2024-30204: Fixed denial of service via LaTeX preview in e-mail attachments (bsc#1222052).
    - CVE-2024-30204: Fixed Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted (bsc#1222050).
    - CVE-2024-39331: Fixed evaluation of arbitrary unsafe Elisp code in Org mode (bsc#1226957).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-08 (GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3802 advisory.

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3801 advisory.

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1317-1 advisory.

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1294-1 advisory.

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the f661184a-eb90-11ee-92fc-1c697a616631 advisory.

  - In Emacs before 29.3, arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode. This affects Org     Mode before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30202)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. (CVE-2024-30203)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments. (CVE-2024-30204)

  - In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode     before 9.6.23. (CVE-2024-30205)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210801	RHEL 9 : emacs (RHSA-2024:9302)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
207478	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Emacs vulnerabilities (USN-7027-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
206927	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2024-2344)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
206550	EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.0 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2323)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
206515	EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.1 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2303)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205977	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.0 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2190)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205960	EulerOS Virtualization 2.11.1 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2165)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205910	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2234)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205890	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2210)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205850	EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.1 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2135)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205830	EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-2115)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
205723	Amazon Linux 2 : emacs (ALAS-2024-2608)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
202931	Amazon Linux 2023 : emacs, emacs-common, emacs-devel (ALAS2023-2024-663)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
202436	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-1880)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
202416	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-1904)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
201908	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : emacs (SUSE-SU-2024:2297-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
201186	GLSA-202407-08 : GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
200972	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-1809)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
200956	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2024-1830)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
194750	Debian dla-3802 : elpa-org - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
194482	Debian dla-3801 : emacs - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
193383	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : emacs (SUSE-SU-2024:1317-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
193348	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : emacs (SUSE-SU-2024:1294-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
192595	FreeBSD : emacs -- multiple vulnerabilities (f661184a-eb90-11ee-92fc-1c697a616631)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high

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