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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Emacs vulnerabilities (USN-7027-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207478

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7027-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-45939)

 Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48337)

 Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48338)

 Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48339)

 It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled filename sanitization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-28617)

 It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30203, CVE-2024-30204, CVE-2024-30205)

 It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2024-39331)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7027-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207478

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7027-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2024

Updated: 9/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25-el, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25-lucid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-lucid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-pgtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-lucid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-nox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs25-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-bin-common

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45939, CVE-2022-48337, CVE-2022-48338, CVE-2022-48339, CVE-2023-28617, CVE-2024-30203, CVE-2024-30204, CVE-2024-30205, CVE-2024-39331

IAVA: 2024-A-0247-S, 2024-A-0368

USN: 7027-1