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AlmaLinux 8 : emacs (ALSA-2023:3104)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176130

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:3104 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the org- babel-execute:latex function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. (CVE-2023-2491)

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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-3104.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176130

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-3104.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2023

Updated: 5/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:alma:linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:emacs-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:emacs-terminal, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:emacs-lucid, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:emacs-common, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:emacs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2491

CWE: 77