SuSE 11.3 Security Update : emacs (SAT Patch Number 10519)

low Nessus Plugin ID 83285

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Emacs has been updated to fix the following issues :

- Several cases of insecure usage of temporary files.
(CVE-2014-3421 / CVE-2014-3422 / CVE-2014-3423 / CVE-2014-3424)

- Use of vc-annotate for renamed files when using Git.
(bnc#854683)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10519.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854683

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876847

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3421.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3422.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3423.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3424.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 83285

File Name: suse_11_emacs-150323.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/8/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:emacs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:emacs-el, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:emacs-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:emacs-info

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3421, CVE-2014-3422, CVE-2014-3423, CVE-2014-3424