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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Emacs vulnerability (USN-5955-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172573

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5955-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Emacs did not properly manage certain files when using htmlfontify functionality. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary commands.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5955-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172573

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5955-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48339

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-lucid, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48339

USN: 5955-1