openSUSE Security Update : emacs (emacs-190)

high Nessus Plugin ID 39954

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

When editing Python files Emacs accidentally imported other Python script in the current directory (CVE-2008-3949).

Solution

Update the affected emacs packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 39954

File Name: suse_11_0_emacs-080912.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3949

CWE: 94