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RHEL 2.1 / 3 : xemacs (RHSA-2005:134)

high Nessus Plugin ID 16369

Synopsis

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

Description

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

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

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

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

Solution

Update the affected xemacs, xemacs-el and / or xemacs-info packages.

See Also

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:134

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16369

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-134.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:xemacs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xemacs-info, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xemacs-el, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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: 2005:134