AlmaLinuxALSA-2023:3042Moderate: emacs security and bug fix update
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.7%
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.
Security Fix(es):
- emacs: ctags local command execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-45939)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| almalinux | 8 | noarch | emacs-filesystem | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-filesystem-26.1-9.el8.noarch.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | noarch | emacs-terminal | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-terminal-26.1-9.el8.noarch.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | aarch64 | emacs-common | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-common-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | aarch64 | emacs-nox | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-nox-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | aarch64 | emacs-lucid | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-lucid-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | aarch64 | emacs | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | emacs | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | emacs-common | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-common-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | emacs-lucid | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-lucid-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | emacs-nox | < 26.1-9.el8 | emacs-nox-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm |
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.7%