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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : emacs23 vulnerabilities (USN-1586-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62365

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Hiroshi Oota discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled search paths.
If a user were tricked into opening a file with Emacs, a local attacker could execute arbitrary Lisp code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0035)

Paul Ling discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain eval forms in local-variable sections. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file with Emacs, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary Lisp code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-3479).

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Solution

Update the affected emacs23 and / or emacs23-common packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1586-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62365

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1586-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs23, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs23-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0035, CVE-2012-3479

BID: 51354, 54969

USN: 1586-1