Debian DSA-3970-1 : emacs24 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 103147

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when rendering text/enriched MIME data (e.g. when using Emacs-based mail clients).

Solution

Upgrade the emacs24 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 24.4+1-5+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 24.5+1-11+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103147

File Name: debian_DSA-3970.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/13/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs24, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14482

DSA: 3970

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