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Debian DSA-1316-1 : emacs21 - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 25582

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It has been discovered that emacs, the GNU Emacs editor, will crash when processing certain types of images.

Solution

Upgrade the emacs21 package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 21.4a+1-3etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25582

File Name: debian_DSA-1316.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs21, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2833

DSA: 1316