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FreeBSD : emacs -- Arbitrary shell code evaluation vulnerability (4f6c4c07-3179-11ef-9da5-1c697a616631)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200876

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 4f6c4c07-3179-11ef-9da5-1c697a616631 advisory.

 GNU Emacs developers report:
 Emacs 29.4 is an emergency bugfix release intended to fix a security vulnerability. Arbitrary shell commands are no longer run when turning on Org mode in order to avoid running malicious code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD 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

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2024/q2/296

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a6a5cc3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200876

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4f6c4c07317911ef9da51c697a616631.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/24/2024

Updated: 6/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel-nox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-wayland, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-canna, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2024