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RHEL 2.1 / 3 : emacs (RHSA-2005:112)

high Nessus Plugin ID 16368

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated Emacs packages that fix a string format issue are now available.

Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text editor.

Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs. If a user connects to a malicious POP server, an attacker can execute arbitrary code as the user running emacs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0100 to this issue.

Users of Emacs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0100

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:112

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16368

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-112.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-leim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-nox, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0100

RHSA: 2005:112