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Amazon Linux AMI : emacs (ALAS-2017-912)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103825

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Command injection flaw within 'enriched mode' handling :

A command injection flaw within the Emacs 'enriched mode' handling has been discovered. By tricking an unsuspecting user into opening a specially crafted file using Emacs, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Emacs user. (CVE-2017-14482)

Solution

Run 'yum update emacs' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-912.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103825

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-912.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2017

Updated: 4/10/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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:amazon:linux:emacs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-common, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14482

ALAS: 2017-912