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Fedora 40 : emacs (2024-f9ce536a3e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194540

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-f9ce536a3e advisory.

 Select correct Emacs binary on X11.

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 Obsolete the newer emacs-nox now in F39, fixing system upgrades

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 New upstream release 29.3, fixes rhbz#2271287

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 1:emacs package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-f9ce536a3e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194540

File Name: fedora_2024-f9ce536a3e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:emacs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

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