RockyLinux 9 : emacs (RLSA-2024:9302)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211599

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:9302 advisory.

* emacs: Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted (CVE-2024-30203)

* emacs: LaTeX preview is enabled by default for e-mail attachments (CVE-2024-30204)

* emacs: Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted (CVE-2024-30205)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211599

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-9302.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-30205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-30203

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-lucid, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-nox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:emacs-lucid-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-30203, CVE-2024-30204, CVE-2024-30205

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