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Debian dla-3416 : emacs - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175551

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3416 advisory.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3416-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Markus Koschany May 10, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : emacs Version : 1:26.1+1-3.2+deb10u4 CVE ID : CVE-2022-48337 CVE-2022-48339 CVE-2023-28617 Debian Bug : 1031730 1033342

 Xi Lu discovered that missing input sanitizing in Emacs could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

 For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1:26.1+1-3.2+deb10u4.

 We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.

 For the detailed security status of emacs please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/emacs

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the emacs packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/emacs

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48337

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48339

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28617

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/emacs

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175551

File Name: debian_DLA-3416.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:debian:debian_linux:emacs23-lucid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs25, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs24-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs24, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs25-nox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs23, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs22, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs25-lucid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs21, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs21-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-gtk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs24-lucid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs23-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs22-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-lucid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs22-gtk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48337, CVE-2022-48339, CVE-2023-28617