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CentOS: Security Advisory for emacs (CESA-2023:3481)

🗓️ 30 Jul 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS: Security Advisory for emacs (CESA-2023:3481) The remote host is missing an update for the emacs package announced via the CESA-2023:3481 advisory. It has a command injection vulnerability in htmlfontify.el (CVE-2022-48339)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884293");
  script_version("2023-10-12T05:05:32+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-48339");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-12 05:05:32 +0000 (Thu, 12 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-03-03 18:26:00 +0000 (Fri, 03 Mar 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-07-30 01:02:51 +0000 (Sun, 30 Jul 2023)");
  script_name("CentOS: Security Advisory for emacs (CESA-2023:3481)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS7");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"CESA-2023:3481");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2023-July/086401.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'emacs'
  package(s) announced via the CESA-2023:3481 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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: command injection vulnerability in htmlfontify.el (CVE-2022-48339)

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.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'emacs' package(s) on CentOS 7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "CentOS7") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"emacs", rpm:"emacs~24.3~23.el7_9.1", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"emacs-common", rpm:"emacs-common~24.3~23.el7_9.1", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"emacs-el", rpm:"emacs-el~24.3~23.el7_9.1", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"emacs-filesystem", rpm:"emacs-filesystem~24.3~23.el7_9.1", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"emacs-nox", rpm:"emacs-nox~24.3~23.el7_9.1", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"emacs-terminal", rpm:"emacs-terminal~24.3~23.el7_9.1", rls:"CentOS7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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12 Oct 2023 00:00Current
9High risk
Vulners AI Score9
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.01142
SSVC
30