CentOS ProjectCESA-2017:2771emacs security update
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.031 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.0%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:2771
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):
- A command injection flaw within the Emacs “enriched mode” handling has been discovered. By tricking an unsuspecting user into opening a specially crafted file using Emacs, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Emacs user. (CVE-2017-14482)
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2017-September/084703.html
Affected packages:
emacs
emacs-common
emacs-el
emacs-filesystem
emacs-nox
emacs-terminal
Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | emacs | < 24.3-20.el7_4 | emacs-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | emacs-common | < 24.3-20.el7_4 | emacs-common-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | noarch | emacs-el | < 24.3-20.el7_4 | emacs-el-24.3-20.el7_4.noarch.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | noarch | emacs-filesystem | < 24.3-20.el7_4 | emacs-filesystem-24.3-20.el7_4.noarch.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | x86_64 | emacs-nox | < 24.3-20.el7_4 | emacs-nox-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 7 | noarch | emacs-terminal | < 24.3-20.el7_4 | emacs-terminal-24.3-20.el7_4.noarch.rpm |
Related
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.031 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.0%