Debian: DSA-2603-1 Moderate: Emacs23 Local Programming Issue
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January 9, 2013
Paul Ling discovered that Emacs insufficiently restricted the evaluation of Lisp code if enable-local-variables is set to "safe"
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Summary
Paul Ling discovered that Emacs insufficiently restricted the evaluation
of Lisp code if enable-local-variables is set to "safe".
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 23.2+1-7+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 23.4+1-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 23.4+1-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your emacs23 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: emacs23
CVE ID: CVE-2012-3479
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