The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201801-07 (GNU Emacs: Command injection)
A command injection flaw within the Emacs “enriched mode” handling has been discovered.
Impact :
A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of process.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201801-07.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(105633);
script_version("3.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/05 23:25:06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-14482");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201801-07");
script_name(english:"GLSA-201801-07 : GNU Emacs: Command injection");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201801-07
(GNU Emacs: Command injection)
A command injection flaw within the Emacs “enriched mode” handling
has been discovered.
Impact :
A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file,
could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of process.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All GNU Emacs 23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/emacs-23.4-r16:23'
All GNU Emacs 24.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/emacs-24.5-r4:24'
All GNU Emacs 25.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/emacs-25.2-r1:25'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:emacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/08");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-editors/emacs", unaffected:make_list("ge 23.4-r16", "ge 24.5-r4", "ge 25.2-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 23.4-r16", "lt 24.5-r4", "lt 25.2-r1"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GNU Emacs");
}