Debian dsa-5871 : emacs - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216930

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5871 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5871-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff February 27, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : emacs CVE ID : CVE-2024-53920 CVE-2025-1244

Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Emacs:

CVE-2024-53920

Elisp byte-compilation ('elisp-flymake-byte-compile') in the Flymake mode is now disabled for untrusted files.

CVE-2025-1244

An incomplete escaping of shell meta characters in the man reader component could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands. Discovered by Maxim Nikulin.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.

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

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the emacs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216930

File Name: debian_DSA-5871.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2025

Updated: 2/28/2025

Supported Sensors: 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-2025-1244

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53920

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-gtk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-lucid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53920, CVE-2025-1244

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