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Debian DSA-2603-1 : emacs23 - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63456

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Synopsis

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

Description

Paul Ling discovered that Emacs insufficiently restricted the evaluation of Lisp code if enable-local-variables is set to 'safe'.

Solution

Upgrade the emacs23 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 23.2+1-7+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/emacs23

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2603

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63456

File Name: debian_DSA-2603.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs23

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3479

BID: 54969

DSA: 2603