GLSA-202409-19 : Emacs, org-mode: Command Execution Vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207578

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-19 (Emacs, org-mode: Command Execution Vulnerability)

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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All Emacs users should upgrade to the latest version according to the installed slot, one of:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-26.3-r19:26 Alternatively:

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-27.2-r17:27

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-28.2-r13:28

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-29.3-r3:29 All org-mode users should upgrade to the latest package:

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-emacs/org-mode-9.7.5

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-19

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=934736

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207578

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202409-19.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/22/2024

Updated: 9/22/2024

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39331