Debian 11 GNU Emacs 28.2 security updat
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 121 |
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![]() | [SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: emacs-28.2-1.fc37 | 3 Jan 202301:25 | – | fedora |
![]() | [SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: emacs-28.2-1.fc36 | 11 Jan 202301:35 | – | fedora |
![]() | EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2023-1582) | 24 Mar 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2023-1669) | 27 Apr 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : emacs -- arbitary shell command execution vulnerability of ctags (76e2fcce-92d2-11ed-a635-080027f5fec9) | 13 Jan 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 9 : emacs (ELSA-2023-2366) | 15 May 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 8 : emacs (RHSA-2023:3042) | 16 May 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian dla-3257 : emacs - security update | 31 Dec 202200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.1 : emacs (EulerOS-SA-2023-1887) | 16 May 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Photon OS 3.0: Emacs PHSA-2022-3.0-0499 | 24 Jul 202400:00 | – | nessus |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5314. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
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script_cve_id("CVE-2022-45939");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-5314-1 : emacs - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5314
advisory.
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the ctags functionality of Emacs may result in the
execution of arbitrary shell commands. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages. For the detailed
security status of emacs please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-
tracker.debian.org/tracker/emacs
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1025009");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/emacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5314");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45939");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/emacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the emacs packages.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/11/28");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-el");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-gtk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-lucid");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:emacs-nox");
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script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(11)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 11.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'emacs', 'reference': '1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'emacs-bin-common', 'reference': '1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1'},
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{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'emacs-gtk', 'reference': '1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'emacs-lucid', 'reference': '1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1'},
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];
var flag = 0;
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var reference = NULL;
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if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (_release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'emacs / emacs-bin-common / emacs-common / emacs-el / emacs-gtk / etc');
}
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