GLSA-202407-08 : GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 201186

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-08 (GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Emacs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo 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

All GNU Emacs users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-29.3-r2 All Org Mode users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-emacs/org-mode-9.6.23

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 201186

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202407-08.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2024

Updated: 7/1/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:org-mode

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48337, CVE-2022-48338, CVE-2022-48339, CVE-2024-30202, CVE-2024-30203, CVE-2024-30204, CVE-2024-30205

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