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Amazon Linux 2 : emacs (ALAS-2023-1981)

2023-03-0700:00:00
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amazon linux 2
emacs
version 27.2-4
vulnerability
command injection
alas2-2023-1981 advisory
gnu emacs
cve-2022-48337
cve-2022-48338
cve-2022-48339
nessus

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

65.0%

The version of emacs installed on the remote host is prior to 27.2-4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1981 advisory.

  • GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the etags program. For example, a victim may use the etags -u * command (suggested in the etags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input. (CVE-2022-48337)

  • An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell- command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may cause commands to be executed. (CVE-2022-48338)

  • An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability.
    In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and parameters are not escaped. If a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacters, code may be executed. (CVE-2022-48339)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the applicationโ€™s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2023-1981.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(172158);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/03/07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-48337", "CVE-2022-48338", "CVE-2022-48339");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : emacs (ALAS-2023-1981)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of emacs installed on the remote host is prior to 27.2-4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1981 advisory.

  - GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a
    source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the
    etags program. For example, a victim may use the etags -u * command (suggested in the etags
    documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted
    input. (CVE-2022-48337)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function
    has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive
    function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell-
    command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may
    cause commands to be executed. (CVE-2022-48338)

  - An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability.
    In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and
    parameters are not escaped. If a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacters, code may be
    executed. (CVE-2022-48339)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1981.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/../../faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-48337.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-48338.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-48339.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update emacs' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-48337");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/02/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/03/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/03/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-filesystem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-lucid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-nox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-terminal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-common-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-common-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-common-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-debuginfo-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-debuginfo-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-debuginfo-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-devel-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-devel-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-devel-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-filesystem-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-lucid-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-lucid-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-lucid-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-nox-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-nox-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-nox-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'emacs-terminal-27.2-4.amzn2.0.3', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "emacs / emacs-common / emacs-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxemacsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs
amazonlinuxemacs-commonp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-common
amazonlinuxemacs-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-debuginfo
amazonlinuxemacs-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-devel
amazonlinuxemacs-filesystemp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-filesystem
amazonlinuxemacs-lucidp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-lucid
amazonlinuxemacs-noxp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-nox
amazonlinuxemacs-terminalp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-terminal
amazonlinux2cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2