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Oracle Linux 9 : emacs (ELSA-2023-2626)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175711

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-2626 advisory.

 [1:27.2-8.1]
 - Fix etags local command injection vulnerability (#2184369)
 - Fix htmlfontify.el command injection vulnerability (#2184368)
 - Fix ruby-mode.el local command injection vulnerability (#2184367)
 - Fix ob-latex.el command injection vulnerability (#2184377)

 [1:27.2-8]
 - Use a 64KB page size for pdump (#1979804)

 [1:27.2-7]
 - Fix ctags local command execute vulnerability (#2149387)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-2626.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175711

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-2626.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2023

Updated: 10/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:oracle:linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-lucid, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-filesystem, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48337, CVE-2022-48338, CVE-2022-48339, CVE-2023-2491