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Ubuntu 17.04 : emacs25 vulnerability (USN-3428-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103418

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email messages in gnus), an attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected emacs25 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3428-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103418

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3428-1.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14482

USN: 3428-1