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Debian 11 DSA-5314-1 Moderate: Emacs Input Sanitizing Issue Advisory

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2023
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Unveil the latest security notice DSA-5314-1 pertaining to input vulnerabilities in Emacs that impact the Debian stable release.
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the ctags functionality of Emacs may result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands

Summary

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/source-package/emacs

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: emacs
CVE ID: CVE-2022-45939

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