[slackware-security] emacs

New emacs packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix a security flaw in the file-local variables code.
When the Emacs user option enable-local-variables' is set to :safe’
(the default value is t), Emacs should automatically refuse to evaluate
eval' forms in file-local variable sections. Due to the bug, Emacs instead automatically evaluates such eval’ forms. Thus, if the user
changes the value of enable-local-variables' to :safe’, visiting a
malicious file can cause automatic execution of arbitrary Emacs Lisp
code with the permissions of the user. Bug discovered by Paul Ling.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2012-3479
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/emacs-23.2-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/emacs-23.2-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/emacs-23.3-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/e/emacs-24.1-i486-6.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/e/emacs-24.1-x86_64-6.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 13.1 package:
3fc088a80cee2997e5d2a2623c7a6fad emacs-23.2-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
648a8d3ba5dc27c72db682c6df11f2b9 emacs-23.2-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
6a1687460997d6bf783b84d4f0e28bf0 emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
e9666c12921b5a2a2a18a6dac4a47cd0 emacs-23.3-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware -current package:
a10860f88686b2e5d162cde4c5a7bd35 e/emacs-24.1-i486-6.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b2dbf220f1ea9a38538e468a0b576d4c e/emacs-24.1-x86_64-6.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz