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Debian dla-3849 : emacs - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 201160

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3849 advisory.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3849-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Sean Whitton June 29, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : emacs Version : emacs 1:26.1+1-3.2+deb10u6 CVE ID : CVE-2024-39331 Debian Bug : 1074136

 A vulnerability was discovered in GNU Emacs, the extensible, customisable, self-documenting display editor.

 The org-link-expand-abbrev function expanded a %(...) link abbrev even when the abbrev specified an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string.

 This could lead to arbitrary code execution as soon as an Org-mode format file was opened, including one embedded in an e-mail message.

 For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1:26.1+1-3.2+deb10u6.

 We recommend that you upgrade your org-mode packages.

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

 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 this issue 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/org-mode

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39331

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 201160

File Name: debian_DLA-3849.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2024

Updated: 6/29/2024

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-2024-39331

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: 6/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39331

IAVA: 2024-A-0368