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Amazon Linux 2023 : emacs, emacs-common, emacs-devel (ALAS2023-2023-147)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173842

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-147 advisory.

 - org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters. (CVE-2023-28617)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update emacs --releasever=2023.0.20230329' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-147.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-28617.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173842

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-147.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/4/2023

Updated: 4/4/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-28617

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:amazon:linux:emacs-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-terminal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-lucid-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-nox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-lucid, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28617