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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Emacs vulnerability (USN-6003-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 174006
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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-6003-1 advisory.Xi Lu discovered that Emacs did not properly handle certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to 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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 174006
File Name: ubuntu_USN-6003-1.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/6/2023
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: 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: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: 4/6/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-28617
USN: 6003-1